In the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, an attempt was made to use sampling to facilitate bringing alleged offenders to trial. This involvement led to the questioning of the role of statistics in the determination of whether killings can be characterized as genocide. Notwithstanding that the legal definition of genocide contains no reference to the magnitude of the offense, considerable attention has been focused on attempts at quantification. We review some prominent examples of alleged genocide and the techniques used to specify their magnitude.
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Gray, M.W., Marek, S. (2008). The Statistics of Genocide. In: Asher, J., Banks, D., Scheuren, F.J. (eds) Statistical Methods for Human Rights. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72837-7_2
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