TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The onset, spread, and prevention of mass atrocities: perspectives from formal network models
JO  - Journal of genocide research
A1  - Anderton, Charles H.
A1  - Brauer, Jurgen
SP  - 481
EP  - 503
VL  - 21
IS  - 4
N2  - Mass atrocity case studies routinely refer to networks of perpetrators (and of victims and bystanders) but little formal work is available to pinpoint characteristics of atrocity committing networks and how they operate. For example, how do atrocity ideas spread throughout a population, and how may such diffusion be thwarted? How does one explain the scaling up from few perpetrators to mass participation by thousands of perpetrators? Why do some communities in a given society appear nearly immune to participation whereas others participate en masse? We introduce three formal illustrative models to derive insights into these questions and other issues related to the onset, spread, and possible prevention of mass atrocities. The models demonstrate that formal networking theory can provide compelling insights into a number of puzzles that the genocide literature grapples with.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1462-3528
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2019.1632562
ID  - ref1
ER  -