Professor Augustine Brannigan is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1978 and has written extensively on criminological theory and crime control in Canada. His research interests have extended to the patterns of victimization of non-combatants in contexts of war and civil war, terrorism and genocide.

Beyond the Banality of Evil is a work of major consequence. It brings to bear a lifetime of thought on unspeakable crimes ignored by criminology. Brannigan's book deserves to be read time and again by those interested in concentrated evil and superb scholarship.

• 1. Genocide and the obedience paradigm ; 2. Three paradoxes of genocide in criminology ; 3. Labelling genocide: the constitutive problem ; 4. Explaining crime, explaining genocide: the control perspective ; 5. The psychogenesis and sociogenesis of genocide in Rwanda ; 6. Catalysts and accomplices ; 7. The limits of the criminal law ; 8. The civil remedy for genocide ; 9. Truth and reconciliation commissions: the third option ; 10. Conclusion: Beyond the banality of evil

Professor Augustine Brannigan is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1978 and has written extensively on criminological theory and crime control in Canada. His research interests have extended to the patterns of victimization of non-combatants in contexts of war and civil war, terrorism and genocide.

Beyond the Banality of Evil is a work of major consequence. It brings to bear a lifetime of thought on unspeakable crimes ignored by criminology. Brannigan's book deserves to be read time and again by those interested in concentrated evil and superb scholarship.

• 1. Genocide and the obedience paradigm ; 2. Three paradoxes of genocide in criminology ; 3. Labelling genocide: the constitutive problem ; 4. Explaining crime, explaining genocide: the control perspective ; 5. The psychogenesis and sociogenesis of genocide in Rwanda ; 6. Catalysts and accomplices ; 7. The limits of the criminal law ; 8. The civil remedy for genocide ; 9. Truth and reconciliation commissions: the third option ; 10. Conclusion: Beyond the banality of evil

Professor Augustine Brannigan is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1978 and has written extensively on criminological theory and crime control in Canada. His research interests have extended to the patterns of victimization of non-combatants in contexts of war and civil war, terrorism and genocide.

Beyond the Banality of Evil is a work of major consequence. It brings to bear a lifetime of thought on unspeakable crimes ignored by criminology. Brannigan's book deserves to be read time and again by those interested in concentrated evil and superb scholarship.

• 1. Genocide and the obedience paradigm ; 2. Three paradoxes of genocide in criminology ; 3. Labelling genocide: the constitutive problem ; 4. Explaining crime, explaining genocide: the control perspective ; 5. The psychogenesis and sociogenesis of genocide in Rwanda ; 6. Catalysts and accomplices ; 7. The limits of the criminal law ; 8. The civil remedy for genocide ; 9. Truth and reconciliation commissions: the third option ; 10. Conclusion: Beyond the banality of evil