Does Torture Work?

Does Torture Work?
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9780190262365
ISBN-13 : 0190262362
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Book Synopsis Does Torture Work? by : John W. Schiemann

Download or read book Does Torture Work? written by John W. Schiemann and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is interrogational torture effective? What do we mean by "effective"? How brutal can torture get and be considered justifiable? In this book, John Schiemann adopts game theory in an attempt to answer these questions, walking the reader through the logic of interrogational torture - and finding that it is far more brutal than proponents believe.


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