Gendered Blame: Narratives of Participation in Genocide

IF 1.8 2区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Feminist Criminology Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI:10.1177/15570851231188972

Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Kait S. Schell, Eric Sibomana

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Abstract

This article draws upon interviews with 74 Rwandans to analyze how they explain civilian participation in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Specifically, we assess how Rwandans describe why men and women perpetrated genocide. We find that respondents commonly attribute men’s participation in the genocide to structural, external factors, such as government orders. However, respondents regularly attribute women’s participation to jealousy and other factors tied to their personalities. We also assess how the attribution of blame may impact the treatment of formerly incarcerated individuals, suggesting that gendered views of the women who committed genocide may hinder their reentry and reintegration.

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性别指责:参与种族灭绝的叙述

本文利用对74名卢旺达人的采访，分析他们如何解释平民参与1994年卢旺达种族灭绝的原因。具体而言，我们评估卢旺达人如何描述男人和女人为什么犯下种族灭绝罪。我们发现，受访者通常将男性参与种族灭绝归因于结构性外部因素，如政府命令。然而，受访者经常将女性的参与归因于嫉妒和其他与她们性格相关的因素。我们还评估了责任归属如何影响以前被监禁的个人的待遇，这表明对犯下种族灭绝罪的妇女的性别观点可能会阻碍她们重返社会。

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Feminist Criminology CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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4.80

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12.00%

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期刊介绍： The main aim of Feminist Criminology is to focus on research related to women, girls and crime. The scope includes research on women working in the criminal justice profession, women as offenders and how they are dealt with in the criminal justice system, women as victims, and theories and tests of theories related to women and crime. The feminist critique of criminology incorporates a perspective that the paths to crime differ for males and females, thus research that uses sex as a control variable often fails to illuminate the factors that predict female criminality. This journal will highlight research that takes a perspective designed to demonstrate the gendered nature of crime and responses to crime.