RT Book
T1 Torture and torturous violence: transcending definitional of torture
A1 Canning, Victoria
LA English
PP Bristol
PB Bristol University Press
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1832746291
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"--
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 167-180. - Index: Seite 181-186
CN K5170
SN 9781529218428
SN 9781529218435
K1 Torture : Law and legislation
K1 Sex crimes : Law and legislation
K1 Psychological abuse : Law and legislation
K1 Women : Violence against
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