Despite substantial advances in other areas of forgiveness research, empirical evaluation of
a fundamental aspect of forgiveness, the process itself, has been virtually nonexistent. This …

This essay evaluates popular and scholarly claims about the peace-promoting benefits of
formal truth-telling and truth-seeking mechanisms in the aftermath of civil wars. Its purpose is …

This article presents unique material from in-depth interviews with 16 women in Rwanda
who have testified in the gacaca, the village tribunals initiated to enhance reconciliation after …

Do war crimes tribunals or truth commissions satisfy victims of war and atrocity and provide
psychological relief from war-induced trauma? Do they make victims less vengeful and less …

This book aims to outline and promote an ethnographic approach to evaluating international
peacebuilding interventions in transitional states. While the evaluation of peacebuilding and …

Wartime rape has been virulent in wars of sovereignty, territory, conquest, religion, ideology
and liberation, yet attention to this crime has been sporadic throughout history. Rape …

Sexual abuse by some clergy has caused great suffering and spiritual harm to the victims....
Sexual abuse within the church is a profound contradiction of the teaching and witness of …

Forgiving may lead to an improvement of mental health, and from a therapeutic
jurisprudence perspective it is important to establish what aspects of judicial procedures can …

Proponents of the 'Ferguson effect'suggest de-policing–stemming from increased public
scrutiny over the death of Michael Brown–is responsible for the recent surge in crime across …

Based on a conversational model of language‐use‐in‐social‐context, this article focuses on
one particular form of racist and prejudiced talking that has not received enough attention …