Antonius C.G.M. Robben is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He is the author of Argentina Betrayed: Memory, Mourning, and Accountability (2018) and Political Violence and Trauma in Argentina (2005).
Alexander Laban Hinton is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University and UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention. He is the recipient of the American Anthropological Association's 2022 Anthropology in Media Award for his work raising awareness of genocide and human rights. He is the author of The Justice Facade: Trials of Transition in Cambodia (2018) and Man or Monster? The Trial of a Khmer Rouge Torturer (2016).

Introduction: Approaching Perpetrator Research
1. Spectacular Perpetrators
2. Seductive Perpetrators
Interlude: The Perpetrator and the Witness
Interlude: "They Were No More. None of Them. They Had Become Disappeared."
3. The Night Stalkers
4. Ruin
Interlude: For the Sake of the Fatherland
Interlude: Interrogation: Comrade Duch's Abecedarian
5. Nearing the Paradox
6. Curation
Conclusion: Six Guideposts for Perpetrator Research