Some left to tell the tale
Finding perpetrators and understanding violence in Rwanda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4743396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cyanne E Loyle (0000-0003-4871-7433, Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University & Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)), Christian Davenport (0000-0001-5652-2914, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan & Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 507-520 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343319885173 |
| OpenAlex | W3002779734 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 35 |
Scholars of political violence often face problems concerning data availability. Research on the perpetrators of that violence is no exception. Over the past 40 years we have made great strides in understanding who joins in violent action and why, yet have rarely probed the representative nature of the subjects queried or contemplated the implications of this sampling for our conclusions. It is generally assumed that those left to 'tell the tale' about what transpired are representative of those who participated in the violence. In this article, we use the context of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to probe questions about which perpetrators of violence we include in our research and subsequently, who we miss. We theorize an often overlooked group of perpetrators, the 'murderers in the middle', who take orders from above, mobilize others to kill, and zealously participate themselves. We contend that this group of perpetrators is potentially unique from those generally captured, identified, and studied in that they are likely to have actively and willingly engaged in violence for personal gain as well as for ideological reasons. Systematically missing groups of perpetrators has potential implications for research on participation in mass violence as well as our understanding of why this behavior occurs
Action (physics) · Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Face (sociological concept) · Genocide · Geography · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Cambodian History and Society · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
Neighbors
Inside Rebellion
Land relations under unbearable stress
The Rwanda crisis
Leave none to tell the story
Genocide
Votes and Violence
Repression And Mobilization
Man or Monster
Media Bias, Perspective, and State Repression
Why Did They Kill
Re-Imagining Rwanda
The Rebel's Dilemma
Transforming men into killers
A Calamity in the Neighborhood
Genocide Trials and Gacaca Courts
How many perpetrators were there in the Rwandan genocide? An estimate
Subnational Determinants of Killing in Rwanda
Ethnicity and Power in Burundi and Rwanda
Igitero
Rwanda, ten years on
A Clash of Generations? Youth Bulges and Political Violence
Land and genocide
Leave none to claim the land
Who killed in Rwanda's genocide? Micro-space, social influence and individual participation in intergroup violence
No Lessons Learned from the Holocaust? Assessing Risks of Genocide and Political Mass Murder since 1955
Hitler's willing executioners
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |