The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture

by Mika Haritos-Fatouros

Original research, including interviews with former Greek torturers, is supplemented by discussion of former studies, military records and other sources, to provide disturbing but valuable insights into the psychology of torture. The book describes parallel situations such as the rites of passage in pre-industrial societies and cults, elite Corps military training and college hazing, eventually concluding that the torturer is not born, but made.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415282764
• ISBN13: 9780415282765
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 8.9"