This essay evaluates the current United Nations approach to preventing and punishing genocide by considering micro-level research on behavioral variation in genocide and proposing two ideas for intervention. The first idea extends the theory that economic inequality explains people’s decisions to kill or not kill in genocide and suggests specific economic remedies to intervene in ongoing violence. The second idea extends the theory that local authorities shape civilians’ decision making about violence and suggests specific ways to bolster moderate meso-level authorities to mitigate violence. The essay concludes by considering how social science research and theory can practically impact international law concerning genocide.

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种族灭绝：参与理论和干预机会

本文通过对种族灭绝行为变异的微观研究，评估了联合国目前预防和惩罚种族灭绝的方法，并提出了两种干预思路。第一个想法扩展了经济不平等解释人们在种族灭绝中杀人或不杀人的决定的理论，并提出了干预持续暴力的具体经济补救措施。第二个想法扩展了地方当局影响平民关于暴力的决策的理论，并提出了支持温和的中层当局减轻暴力的具体方法。本文最后考虑了社会科学研究和理论如何实际影响有关种族灭绝的国际法。