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Death Squads

Death Squads is a paramilitary organization that operates covertly or extralegally to carry out targeted killings, assassinations, and acts of political violence, typically with the aim of suppressing dissent or eliminating perceived enemies, often in support of state or ideological interests.

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3.5K

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57

Authors

32

Institutions

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2017–2026

5

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Publications

51

The Political Economy of Death Squads: Toward a Theory of the Impact of State-Sanctioned Terror

T. David Mason, Dale Krane · International Studies Quarterly · 1989 · 514 citations

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The Battle for Guatemala: Rebels, Death Squads, and U.S. Power.

Thomas P. Anderson, Edelberto Torres Rivas, Susanne Jonas · The American Historical Review · 1992 · 383 citations

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Rigoberta Menchú and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans

Kenneth Maxwell, David Stoll · Foreign Affairs · 1999 · 243 citations

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State Responsibility to Investigate and Prosecute Grave Human Rights Violations in International Law

Naomi Roht‐Arriaza · California Law Review · 1990 · 205 citations

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Anthropology and Militarism

Hugh Gusterson · Annual Review of Anthropology · 2007 · 179 citations

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Authors

57

  1. HG
    Hugh Gusterson

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 202 citations

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  2. MK
    Martha K. Huggins

    Union College, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  3. SJ
    Susanne Jonas

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    2 publications · 438 citations

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  4. NR
    Naomi Roht‐Arriaza

    University of California Hastings College of the Law, United States

    2 publications · 290 citations

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  5. JA
    Jaime Amparo Alves

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 158 citations

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Institutions

32

  1. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    128 citations

  2. Union College

    Schenectady, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  3. Icesi University

    Santiago de Cali, Colombia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  4. Mississippi State University

    Starkville, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    1K citations

  5. Supélec

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. John Jay College of Criminal Justice

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    76 citations

  7. George Mason University

    Fairfax, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    179 citations

  8. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 363 citations

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  3. Current Anthropology

    CA · 2 publications · 49 citations

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  4. Crime Law and Social Change

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. Foreign Affairs

    2 publications · 298 citations

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