Violent accounts : understanding the psychology of perpetrators through South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission /

Violent Accounts presents a compelling study of how ordinary people commit extraordinary acts of violence and how perpetrators and victims manage in the aftermath. Grounded in extensive, qualitative analysis of perpetrator testimony, the volume reveals the individual experiences of perpetrators as w...

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Tác giả chính: Kraft, Robert Nathaniel (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Loạt:Qualitative studies in psychology.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=704348
Mục lục:
  • Introduction: crimes of allegiance
  • Regarding perpetrators: studying collective violence
  • Apartheid and amnesty: managing a history of sustained oppression
  • Understanding crimes of allegiance: patterns of violent influence
  • Uncovering truth: confronting perpetrators and victims
  • Reconciling testimony: a work in progress
  • Beyond the TRC: negotiating the aftermath of collective violence
  • Conclusions: learning from the violence of others.