The Military Perpetrator: A Narrative Analysis of Sentencing Judgments on Sexual Violence Offenders at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

Abstract: This article examines the ways in which principal perpetrators of sexual violence crimes are situated in an international criminal court. It is based on a narrative psychological analysis of the sentencing judgments of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Specifically, the article argues that at least three narratives can be distinguished within the relevant legal texts: those of the chivalrous, the opportunistic and the remorseful perpetrator, each with a distinct plot structure: that of being a normal person responding adequately to a situation that is seen as normal; an abnormal person responding to what is seen as an abnormal (or extreme) situation; and a normal person responding inadequately to what is seen as an abnormal (or extreme) situation. The ways in which these plots come out depend on how the various voices in the courtroom position the perpetrator within the stories. Ultimately, these narratives represent different stories of how mili.... https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/4835

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: The Military Perpetrator: A Narrative Analysis of Sentencing Judgments on Sexual Violence Offenders at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ; volume:3 ; number:1 ; day:02 ; month:03 ; year:2015 ; Journal of social and political psychology ; 3, Heft 1 (02.03.2015)

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• Creator: Skjelsbæk, Inger

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/jspp.v3i1.273
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004440081758957
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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