Phenomenon of Torture Readings and Commentary

Name: Phenomenon of Torture Readings and Commentary
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ISBN: 9780812219821

ISBN-10: 0812219821

ISBN-13: 9780812219821

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: William F. Schulz, Juan E. Mï¿½ndez, Juan E. Mï¿½ndez

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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 and many others. Beginning with a sweeping view of torture in Western history, the book examines questions such as these: Can anyone be turned into a torturer? What exactly is the psychological relationship between a torturer and his victim? Are certain societies more prone to use torture? Are there any circumstances under which torture is justified--to procure critical information in order to…

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List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

William F. Schulz served as Executive Director of Amnesty International USA from 1994 to 2006. He is currently Senior Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Adjunct Professor at the New School in New York City. Schulz is the author of two books on human rights, In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All and Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights.



Foreword



Introduction



Torture in Western History



Torture and Truth




The Torture of Jesus



Torture and the Law of Proof




Torture




Discipline and Punish




"An Essay on Crimes and Punishments"




"On Torture and Capital Punishment"




Preventing Torture




Being Tortured



The Railway Man




And Night Fell




Statement by Abu Ghraib detainee



The Gulag Archipelago




A Miracle, a Universe




The Method




"Torture"




Against Our Will




Report Uzbekistan



Prison of Women




Who Are the Torturers?



King Leopold's Ghost




"The Torturer's Tale"




"The Perils of Obedience"




"The Official Torturer"




"Ritual Abuse"




Hidden Terrors




The Winter Soldier Investigation




"Torture"




"The Torturers' Notebooks"




The Battle of the Casbah




The Wretched of the Earth




"In Their Own Words"




The Dynamics of Torture



Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual



The Politics of Cruelty




Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number




The Body in Pain




"What's Wrong with Torture"




"Intimate Terror"




The Social Context of Torture



Torture




The Origins of Totalitarianism




Republic of Fear




"The Psychology and Culture of Torture and Torturers"




"How to Make a Torturer"




Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People




The Ethics of Torture



"Of Torture"




"The Case for Torture"




"Kidnapping Has Germans Debating Police Torture"




Why Terrorism Works




"Torture"




"Suggestions for Japanese Interpreters"




"Does Torture Work?"




Tainted Legacy




Landau Commission Report



Supreme Court of Israel Judgment



Healing the Victims, Stopping the Torture



"Treatment of Victims of Torture"




"Police Officers Convicted of Torturing Man in Detention"



"Torture Spoken Here"




Aydin v. Turkey



International Criminal Court Q & A Sheet



"An End to Impunity"




"The Case of General Pinochet"




Filartiga v. Pena-Irala




"The Contribution of Truth Commissions"




"Human Rights Education for the Police"




Excerpts from Documents


Un Convention against Torture


International Standards Against Torture


U.S. Army Field Manual


How to Get Involved


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


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