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Psychological torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement.
Pau Pérez-Sales.
2017
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Resumen: Sadly, it is highly likely that
psychological torture is committed by governments worldwide and yet,
notwithstanding the serious moral questions that this disturbing and
elusive concept raises, and research in the area so limited, there is no
operational or legal definition. This pioneering new book provides the
first scientific definition and instrument to measure what it means to
be tortured psychologically, as well as how allegations of psychological
torture can be judged. Ground in cross-disciplinary research across
psychology, anthropology, ethics, philosophy, law and medicine, the book
is a tour de force which analyses the legal framework in which
psychological torture can exist, the harrowing effects it can have on
those who have experienced it, and the motivations and identities of
those who perpetrate it. Integrating the voices both of those who have
experienced torture as well as those who have committed it, the book
defines what we mean by psychological torture, its aims and effects, as
well as the moral and ethical debates in which it operates. |
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