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Victim Healing and Truth Commissions
Holly L. Guthrey
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Description for Victim Healing and Truth Commissions
Paperback. Series: Springer Series in Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 193 pages, 5 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
This book intends to contribute to the growing body of transitional justice literature by providing insight into how truth commissions may be beneficial to victims of mass violence, based on data collected in Timor-Leste and on the Solomon Islands. Drawing on literature in the fields of victim psychology, procedural justice, and transitional justice, this study is guided by the puzzle of why truth-telling in post-conflict settings has been found to be both helpful and harmful to victims of mass violence. Existing studies have identified a range of positive benefits and negative consequences of truth-telling for victims; however, the reasons why some ... Read more
This book intends to contribute to the growing body of transitional justice literature by providing insight into how truth commissions may be beneficial to victims of mass violence, based on data collected in Timor-Leste and on the Solomon Islands. Drawing on literature in the fields of victim psychology, procedural justice, and transitional justice, this study is guided by the puzzle of why truth-telling in post-conflict settings has been found to be both helpful and harmful to victims of mass violence. Existing studies have identified a range of positive benefits and negative consequences of truth-telling for victims; however, the reasons why some ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
Series
Springer Series in Transitional Justice
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319385808
SKU
V9783319385808
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Ref
99-15
About Holly L. Guthrey
Dr. Holly Guthrey is a Researcher and Program Coordinator, in the East Asian Peace Program at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden. She recently completed her PhD at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand.
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