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Torture

Torture Does It Make Us Safer? Is It Ever Ok? : A Human Rights Perspective

Paperback (01 Jan 2005)

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Publisher's Synopsis

12 essays by leading thinkers and experts range over history and continents, offering a nuanced exploration of this wrenching but timely topic. Intended for a general audience, some of the key questions addressed include how to define torture, whether torture is ever effective, and whether it is ever acceptable.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781595580573
Publisher: The New Press
Imprint: The New Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 179.7
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 218
Weight: 277g
Height: 200mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 22mm