The Phenomenon of Torture : Readings and Commentary /

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Torture is the most widespread human rights crime in the modern world, practiced in more than one hundred countries, including the United States. How could something so brutal, almost unthinkable, be so prevalent? The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary is designed to answer that question...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Schulz, William F. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Torture.
Human rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Human Rights
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I. Torture in Western History
  • Chapter II. Being Tortured
  • Chapter III. Who Are the Torturers?
  • Chapter IV. The Dynamics of Torture
  • Chapter V. The Social Context of Torture
  • Chapter VI. The Ethics of Torture
  • Chapter VII. Healing the Victims, Stopping the Torture
  • Appendix: Excerpts from Documents
  • How to Get Involved
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Credits and Permissions.

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