Psychological torture : definition, evaluation and measurement / Pau Pérez-Sales.
2017
KZ7170 .P47 2017 (Mapit)
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Psychological torture : definition, evaluation and measurement / Pau Pérez-Sales.
Imprint
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Description
xx, 412 pages ; 26 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Premises
Where things stand : the concept of torture and psychological torture
The voices
Intangible elements of psychological torture : learning from the voices of survivors
The definition of psychological torture in the testimonies of harsh interrogators and torturers
Current legal perspectives
Psychological torture in international law
From dignity to identity: humiliation as a paradigm of the differences between legal and mental health perspectives
The perpetrator's psychological and legal rationale : motivation, intention and purpose
Scientific approaches to defining psychological torture
Cataloguing torture methods
The neurobiology of psychological torture
Trauma theory and the concept of psychological torture
Psychological torture techniques
The roots of psychological torture in modern history : the slow road to convergence
Primary needs and relationship to the environment
The limitations of normal interrogation in law enforcement procedures
Interrogation procedures in military intelligence gathering
The psychological manipulation of identity
Technological research and psychological torture
A proposed definition and measurement of psychological torture
Redrawing the conceptual map of torture
A new outlook for defining and measuring torturing environments
The need to further develop the istanbul protocol
Final thoughts and an agenda for future research
Bibliography.
Where things stand : the concept of torture and psychological torture
The voices
Intangible elements of psychological torture : learning from the voices of survivors
The definition of psychological torture in the testimonies of harsh interrogators and torturers
Current legal perspectives
Psychological torture in international law
From dignity to identity: humiliation as a paradigm of the differences between legal and mental health perspectives
The perpetrator's psychological and legal rationale : motivation, intention and purpose
Scientific approaches to defining psychological torture
Cataloguing torture methods
The neurobiology of psychological torture
Trauma theory and the concept of psychological torture
Psychological torture techniques
The roots of psychological torture in modern history : the slow road to convergence
Primary needs and relationship to the environment
The limitations of normal interrogation in law enforcement procedures
Interrogation procedures in military intelligence gathering
The psychological manipulation of identity
Technological research and psychological torture
A proposed definition and measurement of psychological torture
Redrawing the conceptual map of torture
A new outlook for defining and measuring torturing environments
The need to further develop the istanbul protocol
Final thoughts and an agenda for future research
Bibliography.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-405) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KZ7170 .P47 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781138671546 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1138671541 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781138671553 (paperback; alkaline paper)
113867155X (paperback; alkaline paper)
9781315616940 (e-book)
1138671541 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781138671553 (paperback; alkaline paper)
113867155X (paperback; alkaline paper)
9781315616940 (e-book)
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