Psychological torture: definition, evaluation and measurement

Premises -- Where things stand : the concept of torture and psychological torture -- The voices -- Intangible elements of psychological torture : learning from the voices of survivors -- The definition of psychological torture in the testimonies of harsh interrogators and torturers -- Current legal...

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1. VerfasserIn: Pérez-Sales, Pau (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London New York Routledge 2017
In:Jahr: 2017
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Zusammenfassung:Premises -- Where things stand : the concept of torture and psychological torture -- The voices -- Intangible elements of psychological torture : learning from the voices of survivors -- The definition of psychological torture in the testimonies of harsh interrogators and torturers -- Current legal perspectives -- Psychological torture in international law -- From dignity to identity: humiliation as a paradigm of the differences between legal and mental health perspectives -- The perpetrator's psychological and legal rationale : motivation, intention and purpose -- Scientific approaches to defining psychological torture -- Cataloguing torture methods -- The neurobiology of psychological torture -- Trauma theory and the concept of psychological torture -- Psychological torture techniques -- The roots of psychological torture in modern history : the slow road to convergence -- Primary needs and relationship to the environment -- The limitations of normal interrogation in law enforcement procedures -- Interrogation procedures in military intelligence gathering -- The psychological manipulation of identity -- Technological research and psychological torture -- A proposed definition and measurement of psychological torture -- Redrawing the conceptual map of torture -- A new outlook for defining and measuring torturing environments -- The need to further develop the istanbul protocol -- Final thoughts and an agenda for future research -- Bibliography
Beschreibung:Bibliografie Seite 384 - 405, Index Seite 406 - 412
Physische Details:xx, 412 Seiten, Diagramme
ISBN:978-1-138-67155-3
978-1-138-67154-6