Why Torture Doesn't Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation

by Shane O'Mara

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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 can extract secrets that will save lives, so be it. CIA officers and others conducted...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674743903

ISBN13:9780674743908

Release Date:November 2015

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.7" x 8.3"

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Law Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Psychology

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