Abstract Over the seven decades since the passing of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (UNGC), our understanding of both genocide as a crime and perpetrator motivation has evolved. The definition of genocide as a punishable crime and the typologies of its perpetrators have become increasingly varied and complicated; as such, scholars have provided a number of new approaches for categorizing these individuals. However, these rigid typologies do not account for the nuances of human nature and social involvement. This paper argues that the understanding of perpetrator motivation must consider organizational, political, and social contexts by taking a closer look at the applicability of existing perpetrator typologies to international crimes, such as genocide, and by examining where specific types of perpetrators have been overlooked. With the UNGC’s legal power and an increasing focus on both past and present crimes, it is pertinent that perpetrator typologies continue to be refined and their applicability improved.

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种族灭绝肇事者的三维模型

摘要 自《联合国防止及惩治灭绝种族罪公约》（UNGC）通过七年以来，我们对灭绝种族罪和犯罪者动机的理解都发生了变化。灭绝种族罪的定义及其犯罪者的类型变得越来越多样化和复杂；因此，学者们提供了许多对这些人进行分类的新方法。然而，这些严格的类型并没有考虑到人性和社会参与的细微差别。本文认为，对犯罪者动机的理解必须通过仔细研究现有犯罪者类型对国际犯罪（例如种族灭绝、并通过检查哪些特定类型的肇事者被忽视了。随着 UNGC 的法律权力以及对过去和现在犯罪的日益关注，继续完善犯罪者类型并提高其适用性是相关的。