Violence and Elias's Historical Sociology: The Case of Cambodia

Broadhurst R., Bouhours T., & Bouhours B., 2018, ‘Violence and Elias’s Historical Sociology: The Case of Cambodia’, British Journal of Criminology, Vol 58: 1420-1439: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azx072.

28 Pages Posted: 31 Jul 2017 Last revised: 26 Oct 2020

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Roderic Broadhurst

School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet); Australian National University (ANU) - Cybercrime Observatory

Thierry Bouhours

Australian National University (ANU)

Brigitte Bouhours

Australian National University (ANU)

Date Written: November 11, 2017

Abstract

Elias’ historical sociology method and his civilising process theory have rarely been applied to study long term trends in violence in non-western societies. Drawing from colonial archives, historical and contemporary secondary sources, official police data, crime victim surveys, and newspaper records we estimated the trends in homicide victims in Cambodia between 1900 and 2012, and, from a study of historical developments during the same period, examined whether Elias’ civilising process theory could explain the long term variations in violence in this country. His interrelated concepts of sociogenesis and psychogenesis, particularly state formation and monopolisation of force, interdependencies, sensitisation to violence, as well as dis-civilisation periods, adequately accounted for the successive ebbs and flows in the level of homicides in Cambodia.

Keywords: Crime, homicide, modernisation, Elias, civilising process, Cambodia

Suggested Citation

Broadhurst, Roderic and Bouhours, Thierry and Bouhours, Brigitte, Violence and Elias's Historical Sociology: The Case of Cambodia (November 11, 2017). Broadhurst R., Bouhours T., & Bouhours B., 2018, ‘Violence and Elias’s Historical Sociology: The Case of Cambodia’, British Journal of Criminology, Vol 58: 1420-1439: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azx072., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3010025 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3010025

Roderic Broadhurst (Contact Author)

School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet) ( email )

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
Australia

Australian National University (ANU) - Cybercrime Observatory ( email )

Thierry Bouhours

Australian National University (ANU) ( email )

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601
Australia

Brigitte Bouhours

Australian National University (ANU) ( email )

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601
Australia
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