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"Experts in the intelligence community say that torture is ineffective. Yet much of the public appears unconvinced: surveys show that nearly half of Americans think that torture can be acceptable for counterterrorism purposes. Why do people persist in supporting torture-and can they be persuaded to change their minds? In Tortured Logic, Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young draw upon a novel series of group experiments to understand how and why the average citizen might come to support the use of torture techniques. They find evidence that when torture is depicted as effective in the media, people are more likely to approve of it. Their analysis weighs variables such as the ethnicity of the interrogator and the suspect; the salience of one's own mortality; and framing by experts. Kearns and Young also examine who changes their opinions about torture and how, demonstrating that only some individuals have fixed views while others have more malleable beliefs. They argue that efforts to reduce support for torture should focus on convincing those with fluid views that torture is ineffective. The book features interviews with experienced interrogators and professionals working in the field to contextualize its findings. Bringing empirical rigor to a fraught topic, Tortured Logic has important implications for understanding public perceptions of counterterrorism strategy"--

International legal framework on torture / Juan E. Méndez -- The role and responsibilities of health professionals involved in the care of those in detention / Jørgen L. Thomsen -- Standards applicable in the prevention of torture in places of detention / Jonathan Beynon -- Healthcare for those in detention / Michael Levy -- Psychological assessment and documentation of torture in detention / Nimisha Patel -- Assessment of physical evidence of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment during visits to places of detention / Jason Payne-James, Jonathan Beynon, and Duarte Nuno Vieira -- Radiology in the documentation of torture and ill-treatment / Hermann Vogel -- Management of hunger strikes in detention / Hernán Reyes -- Legal aspects of detention in military detention / Kirsty Sutherland and Peter Glenser -- Sexual assault in detention / Jason Payne-James -- Children in detention / Peter Green -- Investigation of ill-treatment during detention / Hernán Reyes -- Investigation of deaths in custody / Marc Bollman, Morris Tidball-Binz, Bernice Elger, and Patrice Mangin -- The Istanbul Protocol : development, practical application, and future directions / Vincent Iacopino -- Dilemmas for healthcare professionals involved in the care of detainees / Máximo Alberto Duque Piedrahíta -- Solitary confinement : current concerns and proposed protections / Sharon Shalev

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

North and South -- The last heroes -- Prelude to a tragedy -- Bamboo fences -- A police state -- Incarceration -- Southern gulags -- Northern gulags -- Starvation -- Execution, tortures, confinements -- Thought reform -- Hard labor and poor medical care -- Defense mechanisms -- Well-known prisoners -- Post-reeducation ordeal -- New economic zones -- Disillusion -- Of cemeteries.