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Title:

Examining torture : empirical studies of state repression / edited by Tracy Lightcap and James P. Pfiffner.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiii, 218 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Torture--Government policy--United States.
Police questioning--United States.
Extraordinary rendition--Government policy--United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Other Authors:

Lightcap, Tracy, 1946- editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011009089
Pfiffner, James P., editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79011021

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

1137337087
9781137337085

OCLC:

(OCoLC)871186900

LCCN:

2014001949

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)