Blood, Power and Bedlam

The Authors: Christopher W. Mullins is Assistant Professor in the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His work focuses on the cultural and structural etiology of violence in various forms. This is his third book; he has authored numerous articles and book chapters. Dawn L. Rothe is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Old Dominion University. Rothe’s work primarily focuses on governmental crime, violations of international criminal law and human rights, and institutions of social control. She is the author of over thirty articles and book chapters and is currently working on a book on state criminality.

«This book is a powerful analysis of a variety of forms of collective violence in Africa. The authors provide a compelling account of the etiology and enactment of some of the worst violences humans commit against each other – genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. This book is a major contribution to the field of criminology. Scholars of war, peace, and international law would also find Mullins and Rothe’s book of great interest.» (David Kauzlarich, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Author of ‘Crimes of the American Nuclear State’)