Young / Kearns Tortured Logic

Why Some Americans Support the Use of Torture in Counterterrorism
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-54809-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

Why do people persist in supporting torture—and can they be persuaded to change their minds? Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young draw upon a novel series of group experiments to understand how and why the average citizen might come to support the use of torture techniques.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Young, Joseph

Kearns, Erin M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Nachrichtendienste, Geheimdienste

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: What Impacts Public Perception of Torture in Counterterrorism?
1. Media and Perceptions of Torture
2. Fear, Death, and TV
3. Context Matters?
4. Elite Cues, Identity, and Efficacy
Conclusion: Torture, Terrorism, and the Future
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kearns Erin M.:
Erin M. Kearns (PhD, Criminology and Public Policy, American University) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama. She has served as a consultant for the Police Foundation and the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing and was a consulting researcher on the DOJ's 2015 Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Policing and their Comprehensive Law Enforcement Review. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, NPR, Vox, and CNN, as well as in journals such as Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.Erin M. Kearns is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama.

Joseph K. Young is a professor at American University with a joint appointment in the School of Public Affairs and the School of International Service.