Author profile: Justyna Maciejczak
Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
Though barbaric, heinous, and atrocious, sexual violence is employed when its use makes strategic sense, i.e. is capable of inflicting maximum damage at a low cost and a high pay-off.
Shame and Violence Nexus in the Sierra Leone Civil War
Combined with other factors, such as emotional repression and social alienation, shame may manifest itself in the form of extreme violence, as in the case of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
