Towards a Criminology of Mass Violence & the Corpse: A European Perspective
| Dates: | 6 November 2014 - 7 November 2014 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Workshop |
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| Organiser: | School of Law |
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Criminology emerged in the 19th Century as a Europe-wide technology of enquiry into crime and its control. Despite this, European criminologists have only very recently begun to confront the mass atrocities committed on continental soil and in the name of the imperial/ideological ambitions of member states. This workshop aims to contribute to the development of a European criminology of mass violence and genocide. Bringing together leading European scholars of crime and punishment whose work touches on mass violence, together with experienced practitioners of forensic archaeology and humanitarian emergency response, the workshop aims to : (i) contextualise the area by analysing trends in the prevalence and nature of European mass violence and corpse disposal; (ii) understand the socio-legal status and forensic value of cadavers, together with their potential criminological value; (iii) describe theory and methods that can make sense of the treatment and distribution of dead bodies by perpetrators; and (iv) understand the links between the legal/professional handling of corpses in peacetime and the illegal handling of them in times of conflict. In so doing, we hope to lay some of the foundations for theoretical, methodological and practical engagement with the subject matter, better understand how societies do and do not come to terms with a legacy of mass violence, and assist in the important project of re-ascribing value to radically devalued lives.
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3.10/3.12 (Moot Court room)
Williamson Building
Manchester
