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Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use of Torture in Counterterrorism (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare) - Softcover

Young, Joseph; Kearns, Erin M.

 
9780231188975: Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use of Torture in Counterterrorism (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0231188978 ISBN 13: 9780231188975
Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Experts in the intelligence community say that torture is ineffective. Yet much of the public appears unconvinced: surveys show that nearly half of Americans think that torture can be acceptable for counterterrorism purposes. Why do people persist in supporting torture—and can they be persuaded to change their minds?

In Tortured Logic, 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. They find evidence that when torture is depicted as effective in the media, people are more likely to approve of it. Their analysis weighs variables such as the ethnicity of the interrogator and the suspect; the salience of one’s own mortality; and framing by experts. Kearns and Young also examine who changes their opinions about torture and how, demonstrating that only some individuals have fixed views while others have more malleable beliefs. They argue that efforts to reduce support for torture should focus on convincing those with fluid views that torture is ineffective. The book features interviews with experienced interrogators and professionals working in the field to contextualize its findings. Bringing empirical rigor to a fraught topic, Tortured Logic has important implications for understanding public perceptions of counterterrorism strategy.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

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Verlag
COLUMBIA UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0231188978
ISBN 13 
9780231188975
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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