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Examining torture : empirical studies of state repression /

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Group Author: Lightcap, Tracy, 1946- (Editor); Pfiffner, James P. (Editor)
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Torture > Government policy > United States.
Police questioning > United States.
Extraordinary rendition > Government policy > United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Carrier Form: xiii, 218 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781137337085 (hbk alk. paper) :
1137337087 (hbk alk. paper)
1137439165
9781137439161
Index Number: HV8599
CLC: D971.267
Call Number: D971.267/E961
Contents: Introduction / Tracy Lightcap and James P. Pfiffner -- Torture and public opinion : the partisan dimension / Peter Miller, Paul Gronke, and Darius Rejali -- Does terror cause torture? : a comparative study of international public opinion about governmental use of coercion / Jeremy D. Mayer, Naoru Koizumi, and Ammar Anees Malik -- Strange, savage blood : defeat and torture in the war on terror / Tracy Lightcap -- U.S. torture policy and command responsibility / James P. Pfiffner -- The efficacy of coercive interrogation / James P. Pfiffner -- Unintended consequences : the effect of advocacy to end torture on empowerment rights violations / Courtenay R. Conrad and Jacqueline H. R. DeMeritt -- Torture reform in democracies : a causal interpretation / Henry F. Carey -- Index.

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