Psychological Torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement, By Pau Pérez-Sales

Psychiatrist Pau Pérez-Sales has compiled a masterful and thorough analysis of an ambiguous but extremely important topic using a multidisciplinary approach. The book's objectives are to define torture, to build a theoretical framework for understanding and re-defining torture, to propose opera...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jim Jaranson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims 2017-10-01
Series:Torture
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/article/view/26539
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849391511349755904
author Jim Jaranson
author_facet Jim Jaranson
author_sort Jim Jaranson
collection DOAJ
description Psychiatrist Pau Pérez-Sales has compiled a masterful and thorough analysis of an ambiguous but extremely important topic using a multidisciplinary approach. The book's objectives are to define torture, to build a theoretical framework for understanding and re-defining torture, to propose operational criteria for research, to propose working criteria for deciding whether a case constitutes torture and, finally, to propose adjustments in the Istanbul Protocol for documentation of torture.  The author has accomplished all of these objectives successfully in a book that is well-written and easy to read, even though he draws from the esoteric concepts and language of legal, political, and scientific fields.
format Article
id doaj-art-da5c598b03e740d2b79aec12763921fc
institution Kabale University
issn 1018-8185
1997-3322
language English
publishDate 2017-10-01
publisher International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
record_format Article
series Torture
spelling doaj-art-da5c598b03e740d2b79aec12763921fc2025-08-20T03:41:02ZengInternational Rehabilitation Council for Torture VictimsTorture1018-81851997-33222017-10-0127110.7146/torture.v27i1.2653923404Psychological Torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement, By Pau Pérez-SalesJim JaransonPsychiatrist Pau Pérez-Sales has compiled a masterful and thorough analysis of an ambiguous but extremely important topic using a multidisciplinary approach. The book's objectives are to define torture, to build a theoretical framework for understanding and re-defining torture, to propose operational criteria for research, to propose working criteria for deciding whether a case constitutes torture and, finally, to propose adjustments in the Istanbul Protocol for documentation of torture.  The author has accomplished all of these objectives successfully in a book that is well-written and easy to read, even though he draws from the esoteric concepts and language of legal, political, and scientific fields.https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/article/view/26539
spellingShingle Jim Jaranson
Psychological Torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement, By Pau Pérez-Sales
Torture
title Psychological Torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement, By Pau Pérez-Sales
title_full Psychological Torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement, By Pau Pérez-Sales
title_fullStr Psychological Torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement, By Pau Pérez-Sales
title_full_unstemmed Psychological Torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement, By Pau Pérez-Sales
title_short Psychological Torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement, By Pau Pérez-Sales
title_sort psychological torture definition evaluation and measurement by pau perez sales
url https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/article/view/26539
work_keys_str_mv AT jimjaranson psychologicaltorturedefinitionevaluationandmeasurementbypauperezsales