{"id":20087,"date":"2022-11-22T11:39:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T10:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=220201"},"modified":"2022-11-24T10:40:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T09:40:26","slug":"desk-killers-the-psychology-of-committing-crimes-against-humanity","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/desk-killers-the-psychology-of-committing-crimes-against-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Desk killers: the psychology of committing crimes against humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rachel Dinning\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 22 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Author Dan Gretton discusses his book <em>I You We Them<\/em>, which examines the psychology of individuals who organised and implemented some of the worst crimes against humanity, from the Holocaust to human rights violations in Nigeria. In conversation with Rachel Dinning, he introduces the concept of the \u2018desk killer\u2019 \u2013 a perpetrator who is responsible for murder without taking an active role in the killing.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-220201-2&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Deskperpetrators-6e59767.mp3?_=2&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Deskperpetrators-6e59767.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/11\/Deskperpetrators-6e59767.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Dan Gretton is the author of <em>I You We Them: Journeys Beyond Evil: The Desk Killer in History and Today<\/em> (William Heinemann, 2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/i-you-we-them-revealing-the-desk-killers-perpetrators-of-crimes-against-humanity\/9780099592372?aid=516&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/You-We-Them-Journeys-Beyond\/dp\/0434023477\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rachel Dinning Published: Tuesday, 22 November 2022 at 12:00 am Author Dan Gretton discusses his book I You We Them, which examines the psychology of individuals who organised and implemented some of the worst crimes against humanity, from the Holocaust to human rights violations in Nigeria. 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