Interrogation and torture : integrating efficacy with law and morality / edited by Steven J. Barela, Mark Fallon, Gloria Gaggioli and Jens David Ohlin ; foreword by Nils Melzer ; afterword by Alberto Mara.
Publisher's description: This book focuses on the science, law and morality behind interrogational methods. It develops, for the first time, a comprehensive discussion regarding the legality of torture and the efficacy of interrogation. In other words, scientific research has concluded that tor...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Ethics, national security, and the rule of law series.
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| Summary: | Publisher's description: This book focuses on the science, law and morality behind interrogational methods. It develops, for the first time, a comprehensive discussion regarding the legality of torture and the efficacy of interrogation. In other words, scientific research has concluded that torture is not effective. This then raises a natural question: What interrogational methods are effective? How does one employ those methods in way that is consistent with law and morality? |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 590 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190097523 0190097523 |