Riccis crimes against humanity is an essential read for anyone with a relative friend or client who suffers from mental retardation holding nothing back ricci recounts the horrendously inhumane conditions of belchertown state school in massachusetts during the 1950s and 60s his formation of an advocacy group to support the retarded and their families and a 20 year landmark federal court class action suit to secure rights and protections for mentally retarded citizens a . Crimes against humanity a historical perspective amazonde ricci benjamin fremdsprachige bucher. This book traces the evolution of crimes against humanity cah and their application from the end of world war i to the present day in terms of both historic legal analysis and subject matter content the first part of the book addresses general issues pertaining to the categorization of cah in normative jurisprudential and doctrinal terms this is followed by an analysis of the specific . Crimes against humanity a historical perspective by crimes against humanityscribes the events leading up to the lawsuit known as ricci versus greenblatt the book provs an account of the conditions at the belchertown state school in massachusettsit provstails of the events leading up to during and after the lawsuit