Perpetrating Genocide: A Criminological Account (Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity) by Kjell Anderson

Author:Kjell Anderson [Anderson, Kjell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781317234371
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017-11-22T18:30:00+00:00

Distance

The greater the physical distance between perpetrator and victim, the less perpetrators experience the consequences of their acts, and the less moral conflict is engendered. In general, killing is much more difficult at bayonet/machete range than it is at mechanical sight (gun scope) range, and killing at gun scope range is more difficult than killing from an airplane.48 Modern technology has resulted in a poor correlation between psychological guilt and degrees of moral responsibility.49 Moreover, the costs of killing decrease as less effort is required from the perpetrator – it is easier to kill someone by clicking a mouse than to overpower them and force a knife into their body. As one Rwandan perpetrator argues, “killing with a gun is a game compared to the machete; it’s not so close up.”50

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