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Tag: why torture doesn’t work
Adult
The Psychology of Torture
Justin Karter
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November 28, 2015
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āAn ordinary person becomes a torturer with surprising ease. The hard part comes when itās time to be human again,ā neuroscientist Shane OāMara writes...
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