Call for Chapters

War Criminology: Exploring Dimensions, Addressing Challenges

 

Information

We are opening a call for contributions to our upcoming book War Criminology: Exploring Dimensions, Addressing Challenges. This book aims to highlight the multifaceted nature of the phenomena resulting from relationships established between war and crime. Through reflections and empirical studies, the book aims to enhance a collective understanding of how armed conflict challenges approaches exploring issues at the intersection of war and crime. This focus may prompt to question how crimes are addressed within this unique setting, viewing the context of war as a distinct territory for criminology, as suggested by the book’s title.

The book will be published as part of the InJUSTiceWar Project, allowing us to include contributions from other researchers alongside the project’s findings. At this time, we can share that the book will cover the following themes:

  • Historical perspectives on crimes related to wartimes.
  • Legal frameworks, international humanitarian law and international criminal law.
  • Prosecution and accountability mechanisms.
  • Sentencing studies on wartime cases.
  • Gender perspectives on war and crimes.
  • Post-conflict reconciliation and transitional justice.
  • War, victims, and perpetrators.
  • Media representations and public perceptions of crimes related to wartimes.
  • Memory and post-memory of wartime crimes.

The list is not intended to be exhaustive, therefore the submission of other topics that fit within the general theme of the book is encouraged.

We inform that the book will be published as an open access resource, ensuring that it is freely available to a global audience. We will provide more details about the publication in September, but for now, we invite authors interested in contributing a chapter to stay tuned for further information. This call aims to outline the specific themes we wish to address, providing an opportunity for authors to collaborate on this project.

 

Submission Procedure

Please submit an abstract of up to 500 words and a short bio of up to 300 words by October 7th, 2024, using the following form.

 

Important Dates

  • Proposals Submission Deadline: October 7th, 2024
  • Notification of Acceptance: October 14th, 2024
  • Due to institutional reasons, we are unable to proceed with publishing the book War Criminology: Exploring Dimensions, Addressing Challenges before December 11th, 2024

 

Scientific Committee

  • Professor Fátima da Cruz Rodrigues, PhD
  • Professor Maria Leonor Esteves, PhD
  • Professor Pedro Sousa, PhD
  • Professor Ana Guerreiro, PhD
  • Professor Jorge Ibáñez, PhD

 

Inquiries

In case of any doubts, please, contact injusticewarproject@gmail.com