The book is well written by someone who has research on the topic. Worth the read. With bookstore tours and readings out of the question, Reich came up with an idea to get the word out about his book. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Torture earns PCs a bad reputation. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, $13.45 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to France. But neuroscientists know a lot about how the brain reacts to fear, extreme temperatures, starvation, thirst, sleep deprivation, and immersion in freezing water, all tools of the torturer’s trade. Most likely those under such extreme duress will say whatever they think interrogators want to hear to get the torture to end. As Shane O'Mara's account of the neuroscience of suffering reveals, extreme stress creates profound problems for memory, mood, and thinking, and sufferers predictably produce information that is deeply unreliable, or even counterproductive and dangerous. Torture advocates like Dick Cheney were wrong about its efficacy. The justification at the time was that torture extracted vital intelligence. 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Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news. Given I am neither a medical or psychology trained expert or thankfully ever been subject to torture, all I read and the later revelations about Abu Ghraib detention and torture practices plus indirect comments made in many different articles and documentary films (notably Errol Morris's "Standard Operating Procedures") simply added to this unease. For ethical reasons, there are no scientific studies of torture. Sources “Scientists to Trump: Torture Doesn’t Work.” John Bohannon, Science, January 27, 2017. He does look at some of the types of torture used and then looks at some similar scenarios in real life (hunger, lack of sleep...) However, to correlate his studies back to torture is a logical fallacy (cause and effect). Torture is banned because it is cruel and inhumane. “Torture: The Bioethics Perspective.” Stephen H. Miles, The Hastings Center, undated. Science Shows That Torture Doesn't Work and Is Counterproductive. 5 Reasons Why Torture Does Not Work and Can Never Be Justified Torture is one of the most extreme forms of human violence, resulting in both physical and psychological consequences. It … Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture, Torture and the War on Terror (The French List), Letters to My Torturer: Love, Revolution, and Imprisonment in Iran, The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival, The Instruments of Torture, Revised and Updated, “Offers a passionate and informative riposte to those who feel a ‘war on terror’ justifies barbarism.”. “Don’t tell me it doesn’t work — torture works,” Donald Trump insisted during the 2016 presidential campaign. But what does? Tips for Discouraging Torture Roll behind the screen for higher ranked subordinates. While accepting that torture is wrong on moral and ethical grounds it is not this perspective that is used, rather he argues against the use of torture from a scientific basis. For example, building a rapport and talking has proven to be very useful in many settings, such as therapy, this method may also prove to be a better alternative to torture for obtaining information. It’s a shame that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's punishment will be delayed and stained by the misdeeds of those whose job it was to seek justice. By Nathan Pippenger from April 2, 2014, 12:59 pm – 4 MIN READ Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2016. Torture doesn't work It erodes national security and democracy. In other words, interrogators may unintentionally plant false memories in their stressed targets. Eleven U.S. soldiers were eventually convicted of crimes relating to the Abu Ghraib scandal. This book presents one of those opportunities. Please try again. Professor O’Mara should be commended for tackling this issue and the book is highly recommended for anyone interested in this topic. It can work to find out facts from those reluctant to divulge them. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Torture is illegal and certainly immoral, but it persists nonetheless. So much for what doesn’t work. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Read "Why Torture Doesn’t Work The Neuroscience of Interrogation" by Shane O'Mara available from Rakuten Kobo. The science is accessible without losing those not experienced in neuroscience and contains all the relevant references for those who want to check facts or dig deeper into the science. “Even Torturers Admit Torture Doesn’t Work.” Letters, The Guardian, January 27, 2017. A former senior interrogator in Iraq says that abusing prisoners results in unreliable information, costs American lives, and it still hasn’t turned up Bin Laden. CIA officers and others conducted torture using precisely this justification. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2015. The author. Highly recommended. “Senate Intelligence Committee Study on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program.” Dianne Feinstein, December 2014. If they confess then that’s great, unless they didn’t actually do anything and just “confessed” to stop the pain. Stop using it. But does torture accomplish what its defenders say it does? Very occasionally psychology and neuroscience can affect the way we act in the real world. But what O'Mara proves is that torture does n't work and is.... 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