AN ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVE
| • | To evaluate the social impact of street crimes versus crimes against humanity |
| • | To determine if certain acts are perceived as being more serious crimes because of the race or ethnicity of the offender |
| • | To determine if certain acts are perceived as being less serious crimes because of the race or ethnicity of the victims |
| • | To evaluate whether the race of the offender or victim determines the speed and force with which authorities react to crimes against humanities. |
On September 2, 1998, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (a court established by the United Nations) issued the world’s first conviction for the crime defined as genocide. Jean-Paul Akayesu was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity, for acts he engaged in and oversaw while he was the mayor of the Rwandan town of Taba.508
508 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Rwanda: The First Conviction for Genocide. Retrieved from http://www. ushmm. org/wlc/article. php?lang=en&ModuledId=10007157
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Publication information:
Book title: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime: Alternate Perspectives.
Contributors: Dianne Williams - Author.
Publisher: Algora.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2012.
Page number: 183.
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