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# Read * Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture by John Conroy ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture John Conroy sits down with torturers from several nations and comes to understand their motivations. Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People is a riveting book that exposes the potential in each of us for acting unspeakably. The torture occurs in democracies that ostensibly value justice, due process, and human rights, and yet the perpetrators and their superiors escape without punishment, revealing much about the dynamics of torture.. He takes us into a Chicago police station, two villages in
| Title | : | Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520230396 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 313 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
From Publishers Weekly How is it that otherwise normal people can become part of the institutionalized practice of torture? That's the question driving this unusual, extremely well-reported book. In all three cases, although the torture was well documented, little or no punishment was handed down. Curious and troubled by what he found, he decided to explore the ordinariness of brutality through three separate incidents of torture--in Israel, Ireland and Chicago. He's more a reporter than a critic, however; his brief attempt to theorize on why ordinary people become either torturers or silent witnesses to torture rehashes already well-known studies and fails to offer any new insights. . (Mar.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. He investigates the "five torture techniques" (hooding, noise bombardment, food deprivation, sleep deprivati
John Conroy sits down with torturers from several nations and comes to understand their motivations. Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People is a riveting book that exposes the potential in each of us for acting unspeakably. The torture occurs in democracies that ostensibly value justice, due process, and human rights, and yet the perpetrators and their superiors escape without punishment, revealing much about the dynamics of torture.. He takes us into a Chicago police station, two villages in the West Bank, and a secret British interrogation center in Northern Irel
Speaking About the Unspeakeable Deaglán Ó Donghaile Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People by John ConroyIn 1975 the United Nations defined torture as "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or confession, punishing him for an act he has committed, . The Torture Is Not in the Writing: A Clean and Clear Book William C. Nichols, Co-editor. The Handbook of Family Development and Interventions Unlike books in which the cover promises much more than the author delivers, this one reflects "truth in advertising." The title and content fit together beautifully.There may be better ways to illustrate the profound and disturbing fact that, given the right circumstances, ordinary people can and do commit unspeakable acts, but I doubt it. In an area in which authors seemingl. ""A benchmark work in human rights literature"" according to David Nichols. The above quote comes from the brief biographical piece on John Conroy included in the online program for the 2000 Amnesty International USA Midwest Regional Conference, one of the many human rights forums at which he has lent his expertise on torture as a featured speaker. I agree with the view expressed in the quote completely - this book brilliantly illuminates some fundame
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