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Why Torture Doesn't Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation
Why Torture Doesn't Work The Neuroscience of Interrogation
Author: Shane O'Mara
Torture is banned because it is cruel and inhumane. But as Shane O?Mara writes in this account of the human brain under stress, another reason torture should never be condoned is because it does not work the way torturers assume it does. In countless films and TV shows such as Homeland and 24, torture is portrayed as a harsh necessity. If cruel...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674743908
ISBN-10: 0674743903
Publication Date: 11/30/2015
Pages: 290
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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