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Comparative Study of Genocide: Intro

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Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.  Traces the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiles perpetrators, and explains international laws aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity.

Holocaust Encyclopedia. Comprehensive single-volume work of reference providing an overview of the subject and detail concerning major events, policy, decisions, and individuals. 

International Crimes and Ad-Hoc Tribunals.  Provides comprehensive analysis of the law of international crimes as applied by the ad hoc tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence. Electronic database focusing on massacres and genocides of the 20th century.

Oxford Bibliographies. Lists of books in the multiple areas of academic inquiry, including sources on Genocide and 20th Century Genocides

Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies. Studies genocide through the ages by taking regional, thematic, and disciplinary-specific approaches. Features the work of historians, anthropologists, lawyers, political scientists, sociologists, and philosophers.