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Victims, nonvictims and their opinions on transitional justice: Findings from the Colombian case

dc.creatorNussio E.spa
dc.creatorRettberg A.spa
dc.creatorUgarriza Uribe, Juan Estebanspa
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-25T23:55:39Z
dc.date.available2020-05-25T23:55:39Z
dc.date.created2015spa
dc.description.abstractVictims of armed conflict are often seen as driven by trauma-related stark emotions that differentiate them from nonvictims. Based on this premise, they should hold different views from people who have not been directly affected by war about punishing perpetrators of violence, remembering human rights violations, seeking truth and receiving reparations. The resilience literature, on the contrary, has downplayed the role of traumatic experiences in shaping people's views and rather stressed their ability to cope with adversity. In this article, we ask whether there are any differences in attitudes toward transitional justice mechanisms between victims and nonvictims, using a representative sample of the Colombian population (n1/41,843, of whom 315 are conflict victims). We find almost no statistically significant differences. Psychological resilience among victims may account for this counterintuitive finding. However, we suggest that social desirability biases, a pervasive impact of the long conflict beyond the victim/nonvictim divide and social proximity between victims and perpetrators may also be relevant explanations. Our results are relevant for scholars and policy makers, as they question elements of common (yet untested) wisdom about the political and social impact of violence on individuals' attitudes and about the prospects of peaceful coexistence. © The Authors (2015).eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/ijtj/ijv006
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22161
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherOxford University Pressspa
dc.relation.citationEndPage354
dc.relation.citationIssueNo. 2
dc.relation.citationStartPage336
dc.relation.citationTitleInternational Journal of Transitional Justice
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 9
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Transitional Justice, Vol.9, No.2 (2015); pp. 336-354spa
dc.relation.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84937410801&doi=10.1093%2fijtj%2fijv006&partnerID=40&md5=c5acf92878f55fe9356c357cfb72b63espa
dc.rights.accesRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.accesoAbierto (Texto Completo)spa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosariospa
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURspa
dc.subject.keywordColombiaspa
dc.subject.keywordReconciliationspa
dc.subject.keywordResiliencespa
dc.subject.keywordTraumaspa
dc.subject.keywordVictimsspa
dc.titleVictims, nonvictims and their opinions on transitional justice: Findings from the Colombian casespa
dc.typearticleeng
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.spaArtículospa
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