TY - JOUR
T1 - Sanctioning Perpetrators of International Crimes
T2 - A Vignette Study
AU - Bijleveld, Catrien
AU - Blažević, Margareta
AU - Gelvez, Diana Bociga
AU - Buljubasic, Mirza
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Limited research has been devoted to factors impacting the perceived justness of sentences for international crimes. We presented respondents with a vignette in which such a hypothetical crime was described, as well as some contextual information; in the vignette, the perpetrator received a sentence that was based on similar historical cases. In the study, the rank of the perpetrator, the apology by the perpetrator, and the location of the trial (in the country where the crime was committed or at the International Criminal Court) were manipulated. Respondents were asked whether they believed the sentence was just or whether they would hand down a different sentence. Qualitative questions were included to elucidate respondents' choices. Our mixed methods analyses reveal how apology, over and above strong geographic differences, plays a significant and dominant role in perceived justness. Keywords
AB - Limited research has been devoted to factors impacting the perceived justness of sentences for international crimes. We presented respondents with a vignette in which such a hypothetical crime was described, as well as some contextual information; in the vignette, the perpetrator received a sentence that was based on similar historical cases. In the study, the rank of the perpetrator, the apology by the perpetrator, and the location of the trial (in the country where the crime was committed or at the International Criminal Court) were manipulated. Respondents were asked whether they believed the sentence was just or whether they would hand down a different sentence. Qualitative questions were included to elucidate respondents' choices. Our mixed methods analyses reveal how apology, over and above strong geographic differences, plays a significant and dominant role in perceived justness. Keywords
KW - apology
KW - atrocity crimes
KW - punishment
KW - vignette design
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U2 - 10.1163/15718123-bja10132
DO - 10.1163/15718123-bja10132
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85128159497
SN - 1567-536X
VL - 22
SP - 805
EP - 826
JO - International Criminal Law Review
JF - International Criminal Law Review
IS - 4
ER -