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A perpetrator: It is an agent that acts in a manner that leads to a deterioration of the general well-being of the agent acted upon. The said action, called perpetration, could be accompanied by individual intent, directed specifically at certain target agents, or it could simply be an unconscious consequence of social constructs that do not account for the well-being of certain agents. The former includes many examples of genocides, and the latter includes examples of race discrimination, witch hunt, et cetera. An agent could be an individual, a group, or even a nation.
Victim: Victim is an agent who is on the receiving end of the said perpetration. Examples of victims include aboriginals who have wrongfully been forced to evict their home-lands, women who have been physically abused in the name of witch hunt, nonwhite people who have been discriminated against on matters of social and economic importance (e.g., in the labor...
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Chakraborty, S., Banerjee, S. (2021). “Blood Money”: From Compensation to Transformative Justice for Peace and Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W., Marisa Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95960-3_65
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