Testing Hagan and Rymond-Richmond’s collective action theory of genocide

William R. Pruitt

Global Crime, 2015, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond proposed a collective action theory of genocide in their book ‘Darfur and the Crime of Genocide’. They then tested their theory using data from the Atrocities Documentation Survey conducted in Chad. The theory explains the Darfur genocide well and is supported by empirical data. Since there is little criminological theoretical work on genocide, the collective action theory was a great step forward. The next step in the process should be to see if the theory is generalisable to other instances of genocide. There may be much to learn in testing Hagan and Rymond-Richmond’s theory for generalisability including identifying any modifications that may advance the current theoretical work on the criminology of genocide.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2014.956167

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