Why torture doesn't work : the neuroscience of interrogation / Shane O'Mara.
Why torture doesn't work : the neuroscience of interrogation / Shane O'Mara.
Why torture doesn't work : the neuroscience of interrogation / Shane O'Mara.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/1658
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English
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322 pages ; 22 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Torture in modern times -- How the brain supports memory and executive functions -- Can we use technology to detect deception? -- What do stress and pain do to the brain? -- What does sleep deprivation do to the brain? -- Drowning, cooling, and heating the brain -- Why does a torturer torture? -- Wh...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2015.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2015.
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"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 cruelty...
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Why torture doesn't work : the neuroscience of interrogation / Shane O'Mara.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/1658
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74VKVPamOPR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPamOPR3
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9780674743908 (cloth : alk. paper)
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616.8521
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991023993306702626
