The volume examines historical cases to understand the general causes and process of mass violence and genocide and also engages with on-going genocidal crises including Darfur and Syria, as well as other forms of related violence such as terrorism and civil conflict.

1. Introduction [Barbara Harff ] 2. Genocides and Mass Atrocities: Can They Be Prevented? [Yehuda Bauer] Part 1: Risk Assessment, Early Warning, and Early Response 3. Countries at Risk of New Genocides and Politicides after 2016 - And Why [Barbara Harff] 4. Atrocity Crimes as a Disease: A Statistical Approach to Early Detection [Birger Heldt] 5. Early Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities? Evidence from Conflict Analysis [Ted Robert Gurr] Part 2: Mobilizing International, Regional, and Local Responses 6. Ending the Silence on War Crimes: A Journalist's Perspective [Roy Gutman] 7. Preventing Mass Atrocities at the Local Level: Using Village Committees for Conflict Prevention in Mauritania [Ekkehard Strauss] 8. In the Absence of Will: Could Genocide in Darfur have been Halted or Mitigated? [Eric Reeves] 9. Atrocity Prevention from Obama to Trump [James P. Finkel] 10. Prevention through Political Agreements: The Community of Sant'Egidio and Central African Republic [Andrea Bartoli and Mauro Garofolo] 11. An African Regional Perspective on Prevention [Liberata Mulamula and Ashad Sentongo] 12. Roots of Ambivalence: The United Nations, Genocide, and Mass Atrocity Prevention [Edward C. Luck] 13. Who is in Charge? Emerging National and Regional Strategies for Prevention [Andrea Bartoli and Tetsushi Ogata] 14. Guidelines for Prevention of Genocides and other Mass Atrocities: An Overview [Ted Robert Gurr]