RT Book T1 Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending Definitions of Torture A1 Canning, Victoria LA English PP Bristol PB Bristol University Press YR 2023 ED 1st ed. UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1832589188 AB Front Cover -- Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending Definitions of Torture -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Outline of Book -- Introduction: Why 'Torture and Torturous Violence'? -- Introduction -- Outlining key legal definitions of torture -- Addressing the complexities of torture and torturous violence -- Methods and methodologies -- A note on positionality and debates on the legitimacy of torture -- Structure of this book -- 1 Outlining the Definitional Boundaries of 'Torture' -- Introduction -- 'Torture': definitional developments and limitations -- Moving towards three epistemological perspectives -- 1. Orthodox legalism (strictly following legal conventions) -- Role of the state -- Systematic physical and psychological violence -- Adhering to legal conventions, including changing as they evolve -- 2. Legalist hybridity (taking a flexible approach between the application of legal conventions and wider definitions of torture and trauma) -- The archetypal narrative: multifarious forms of violence can be torture, but torture is separately definable -- Motivation matters - so does severity and impact -- Survivor narratives do not always encompass the term 'torture', regardless of legal definitions -- 3. Experiential epistemologies (building knowledge on experiences of survivors) -- Defined by experience -- Definitions of torture may be organizationally bound to legal norms, but not bound to individual perspectives -- Where does 'torture' take place? Gendering torturous spatiality -- Torture as a social contract -- Group torture, witnessing and surveillance -- The employment of medical practitioners and psychologists -- Multiple perpetrator rape -- The expanding realms and recognitions of torture -- Conclusion. AB "There is growing acknowledgement that torture is too narrowly defined in law, and that psychological and/or sexualised violence against women is not adequately recognized as torture. Clearly conceptualising torturous violence, this book offers scholars and practitioners critical reflections on how torture is defined and the implications that narrow definitions may have on survivors. Drawing on over a decade of research and interviews with psychologists, practitioners and women seeking asylum, it sets out the implications of the social silencing of torture, and torturous violence specifically. It invites us to consider alternative ways to understand and address the impacts of physical, sexualized and psychological abuses"-- OP 197 NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources CN K5170 SN 9781529218459 K1 Torture-Law and legislation K1 Torture-Prevention K1 Torture : Law and legislation K1 Sex crimes : Law and legislation K1 Psychological abuse : Law and legislation K1 Women : Violence against K1 Electronic books K1 Women - Violence against K1 Sex crimes - Law and legislation K1 Psychological abuse - Law and legislation K1 Torture - Law and legislation K1 Folter : Gesetz : Definition : Sexualisierte Gewalt : Gewalt : Frau