Perpetrator Studies Network

Bibliography

“Denial, silence and the politics of the past: Unpicking the opposition to truth recovery in Northern Ireland” by Cheryl Lawther - 2013

Unionist opposition to formal truth recovery, related to science and denial.

“Functions of collective victimhood: Political violence and the case of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.” by Orla Lynch and Carmel Joyce - 2018

The function of collective victimhood in Northern Ireland, connected to violence

“Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow”: Lone-Actor Terrorism, Masculinity, and the 1966 Bombing on Parliament Hill in Ottawa - 2019

A case study of a bombing attack in Ottawa in 1966 by Paul Joseph Chartier.

“Interpreters of the Dead: Forensic Knowledge, Human Remains and the Politics of the Past” by Claire Moon - 2013

Can forensic anthropology provide objective scientific evidence of atrocities?

“Learning to Live Together: Transitional Justice and Intergroup Reconciliation in Northern Ireland” by Nevin T. Aiken - 2010

Reconciliation using a social psychological framework and identity negotiation.

“Legacies of Authoritarianism: Brazilian Torturers’ and Murderers’ Reformulation of Memory” by Martha K. Huggins - 2000

Article on perpetrators of torture and murder during Brazilian authoritarianism.

“Playing Perpetrators: Interrogating Evil in Videogames about Violent Conflicts” by Holger Pötzsch and Emil Lundedal Hammar - 2019

The effect of video games on perception of perpetrators and violent conflict.

“Victims as moral beacons: victims and perpetrators in Northern Ireland” by John D. Brewer and Bernadette C. Hayes. - 2011

Moving away from victim as moral beacon: multiple victimhood in Northern Ireland

“A Video Game That Lets You Torture Iraqi Prisoners: Press 🅰 to waterboard.” by Kaveh Waddell - 2016

Article on an unreleased video game about torture.

“Criminal Code: Procedural Logic and Rhetorical Excess in Videogames” by Mark L. Sample - 2013

Article on video game code simulations of criminality.