Where are the Criminologists?: The Persistent Absence of the Field in Genocide Research

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Article

Publication Title

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

Publication Date

7-2025

Keywords

criminology, genocide studies, criminologist

Abstract

The rallying cry of “Never Again” was heard worldwide after the Nazis’ annihilation of Jews and other victims were discovered after WWII. The global community promised that the crime of genocide would be prevented and signatory parties of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (December 9, 1948) would do everything in their power to prevent another Holocaust from occurring. Unfortunately, the “crime of all crimes” remains an almost permanent fixture in international news while signatory parties remain reluctant to call the ongoing conditions genocide. The field of genocide studies is built upon an interdisciplinary field of scholars but notably absent from the vast majority of that scholarship are criminologists, who are uniquely trained to reduce and prevent crimes of all types. This study aims to explore seven peer-reviewed genocide journals to determine the extent to which criminology and/or criminologists are present. Our findings demonstrate a continued lack of theoretical contributions and applications from the field of criminology/criminal justice to the study of genocide.

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This is linking to the published version of the article, published in Genocide Studies & Prevention, Vol. 19: Issue. 1. (July 2025): 3-19. https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.19.1.2012


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https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.19.1.2012

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