TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Debra A.
TI  - Torture
T2  - Current controversies series
SN  - 9780737743258
AV  - HV8593.M647.T678 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Detroit
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Torture
KW  - United States
N1  - 1 (pages 187-191) and index; How common is the use of torture? Torture is a worldwide problem; Human Rights Watch ; Both civilized and less civilized countries use torture techniques; Lisa Hajjar ; Torture continues to be a problem in Asia; Basil Fernando ; Torture is still common in Brazil; Brazzil Magazine ; Police in India frequently use torture; Rama Lakshmi ; Al Qaeda terrorists carried on Saddam Hussein's gruesome torture techniques in Iraq; Entifadh Qanbar --; Is torture morally wrong? Chapter overview; Sherry F. Colb ; Torture is morally reprehensible; Kim Petersen ; Torture is always morally wrong; David P. Gushee ; People around the world agree that torture is immoral; Mirela Xanthaki ; Torture can be a moral means of saving lives; Mirko Bagaric ; Torture is moral when inflicted for a greater good; Patrick J. Buchanan ; Coercion at Guantanamo is not torture and is necessary; Aryeh Spero --; Is torture an effective interrogation technique? Torture is sometimes effective; Alan Dershowitz ; Torture has a place in the war on terror; Nicholas Davis ; Torture works as a social control; Naomi Klein ; It is a myth that torture works; Anne Applebaum ; Torture is neither justified nor effective; Mick Smith ; Torture ruins evidence that could be used to prosecute terrorists; Phillip Carter ; History shows torture does not obtain the truth; Robert Fisk --; What should be the U.S. policy on torture? Stress techniques must be authorized in the war on terror; Heather Mac Donald ; The United States should stop all forms of torture; Washington Monthly ; Torture should be made legal in extreme situations; Alan M. Dershowitz ; Torture should not be legally sanctioned; Jack Rabbit ; The United States should categorically ban torture but consider rare exceptions; Albert Mohler ; The United States should not attempt to codify exceptions to a ban on torture; Mark Bowden; 2
N2  - Presents views on torture from various different perspectives
ER  -