Examining Torture

Empirical Studies of State Repression

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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The United States' use of torture and harsh interrogation techniques during the "War on Terror" has sparked fervent debate among citizens and scholars surrounding the human rights of war criminals. Examining Torture brings together some of the best recent scholarship on the incidence of torture in a comparative and international context.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-09-04
Mått140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt303 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor218
Upplaga14001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349463701

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Henry Carey, Georgia State University, USACourtenay R. Conrad, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, USAJacqueline H.R. DeMeritt, University of North Texas, USAPaul Gronke, Reed College, USATracy Lightcap, LaGrange University, USANaoru Koizumi, George Mason University, USAAmmar A. Malik, George Mason University, USAJeremy D. Mayer, George Mason University, USAPeter Miller, University of Pennsylvania, USAJames P. Pfiffner, George Mason University, USADarius Rejali, Reed College, USA

1. Introduction; Tracy Lightcap and James P. Pfiffner 2. Torture and Public Opinion: The Partisan Dimension; Peter Miller, Paul Gronke, and Darius Rejali 3. Does Terror Cause Torture? A Comparative Study of International Public Opinion About Governmental Use of Coercion; Jeremy D. Mayer, Naoru Koizumi, and Ammar Anees Malik 4. Strange, Savage Blood: Defeat and Torture in the War on Terror; Tracy Lightcap 5. U.S. Torture Policy and Command Responsibility; James P. Pfiffner 6. The Efficacy of Coercive Interrogation; James P. Pfiffner 7. Unintended Consequences: The Effect of Advocacy to End Torture on Empowerment Rights Violations; Courtenay R. Conrad and Jacqueline H. R. DeMeritt 8. Torture Reform in Democracies: A Causal Interpretation; Henry F. Carey