63 Search Results for Torture and Interrogation Essay
The Rationale for and the Efficacy of Torture during Interrogation
Although information from interrogational torture is unreliable, it is likely to be used frequently and harshly. ==John W. Schiemann, 2012
Introduction
The epigraph above is indica Continue Reading...
Torture has been a tool of coercion for nearly all of human history, whether to instill fear in a population or force people to convert, but almost all contemporary attempts to justify the use of torture revolve around torture as a means of extractin Continue Reading...
Torture Debate
Torture Is Unacceptable Under No Circumstances
Argument: torture is unacceptable because it is counterproductive
Argument: torture is unacceptable because it is illegal
Argument: torture is unacceptable because it is immoral
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These logistical problems are only one source of error in Levin's argument, however. The idea of establishing guilt with certainty before using torture fits the utilitarian ethic; it ensures that any reduction in happiness or good to the terrorist Continue Reading...
However, in truth, such incidences are rare and hence based on this pretext there is every danger that torture might become an administrative practice. There is every possibility that torture might become a systemic abuse tool. Thus only if morally Continue Reading...
First, torture is likely to elicit false confessions. This is true; torture is likely to illicit false confessions and false information. Apply enough physical pain to a person and one is likely to get false information. The Inquisition established Continue Reading...
Introduction
Since the rise of terrorism in the wake of 9/11, numerous tactics have been tried in order to obtain information about where terrorists are hiding and where they might attack next. One of these methods is torture. From a utilitarian pers Continue Reading...
.. information or a confession, punishing him for an act he... has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him (qtd. "United Nations").
The effects of the Abu Gharib scandal, and the other interrogation concerns co Continue Reading...
This last category includes the infamous waterboarding technique, which has -- in subsequent evaluations -- been labeled illegal torture. An important consideration in the evaluation of these techniques has been the additive impact of combining tech Continue Reading...
Confessions and Interrogations
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees, under its "due process" clause, protection from the use of involuntary confessions. A confession is considered to be involuntary if the confession Continue Reading...
Interrogation Techniques
Rodley (2000) defines torture as an authorized interrogation technique under which a person is harmed deliberately in order to force him to say or do something. Despite being forbidden by the International Law in the twenti Continue Reading...
Laws and Legal Limitations in the United States Have Affected the Use of Coercive Interrogation Techniques
After the 9/11 attacks, the United States' government abandoned its policy going against torture. Many professionals devised the move like th Continue Reading...
Terrorism is a global issue. In the last few decades, several terrorist organizations have surfaced like Al-Qaeda and Isis. They gained a substantial foothold in the Middle East in the last fifteen years implementing their own laws on innocent people Continue Reading...
Torture: Is It Morally Acceptable?
Part 1: Introduction
Is torture morally acceptable? In the U.S., arguments have been made both for and against the use of torture in fighting terrorism. Enhanced interrogation technique is a term that has been suppl Continue Reading...
Even though the order promised prisoners would receive humane treatments, the Bush Administration said that Geneva Conventions was not applicable to them (Goldsmith, 2012, p. 39).
The Detainee Treatment Act, sponsored by Senator John McCain sponsor Continue Reading...
U.S. counter-terrorism policies negatively affected individual rights and liberties of law-Abiding U.S. citizens
US counterterrorism efforts have adversely affected human rights in ways that alarmists had warned. There is a significant degree of gov Continue Reading...
Sleep Disorders / College Students
The Prevalence of Sleep Disorders in College Students: Impact on Academic Performance
There are a number of reasons that college students experience sleep disorders. A common problem is sleep deprivation and resul Continue Reading...
Ethics in Law Enforcement
"Sometimes [police officers] may, and sometimes may not, lie when conducting custodial interrogations. Investigative and interrogatory lying are each justified on utilitarian crime control grounds. Police are never supposed Continue Reading...
Chavez v. Martinez case is one of the major lawsuits in the history of the United States that addressed the potential civil liability for coercive interrogations. In this lawsuit, the U.S. Supreme Court more clearly recognized the constitutional issu Continue Reading...
Professor Dershowitz (among others) have suggested that the ethical arguments against torture may be outweighed where: (1) the magnitude of harm at issue is great enough, (2) the suspect is known to be in possession of the information necessary to Continue Reading...
Geneva Conventions
Enacted after the horrors of World War II demonstrated the limitations of earlier treaties, the Geneva Convention of 1949 have become one of the preeminent international standards dictating the behavior of combatants and the treat Continue Reading...
Terrorist Attack
Efforts made to identify a terrorist group and techniques used to prevent an attack
Crime incidences and terrorist attacks have been on the rise in many parts of Georgia State. Police have tried to conduct investigations and patrol Continue Reading...
Prosecuting a former President for illegal activity in his role as President would certainly increase partisan bickering; making it less likely that Obama could effectuate meaningful change in his administration. Doing that might actually cause peop Continue Reading...
This is because, most suspects will more than likely only begin talking after they have been subject to extreme amounts of pressure. Evidence of this can be seen with Danner writing, "American officials acknowledged that such techniques were recentl Continue Reading...
The convention entitles those who have not attained 18 years to special protection. State parties admitting those under the age of 18 into their national armed forces under voluntary recruitment must ensure that such recruitments are genuinely volun Continue Reading...
Ethical Challenges of the War in Afghanistan
Ten years after the start of the war in Afghanistan, military leaders still face ethical dilemmas engendered by the war. The overall discussion that develops from the literature reveals more questions tha Continue Reading...
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Death sentence
Are you innocent until proven guilty?
The constitution of the U.S.A. has the provision of being treated as though one is innocent until the due process of the law takes its course and one is prov Continue Reading...
Guantanamo: A Complicated Issue
Guantanamo
Naval prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been a controversial topic among American citizens and politicians ever since information surfaced about detainees being held indefinitely without charge and Continue Reading...
Terrorism Final Examination
Questions #1, #3, & #5
Bjorgo discusses levels of causation in the introduction of his book. These include structural causes, facilitator (or accelerator) causes, triggering causes, and motivational causes. At a macr Continue Reading...
Formal Analysis
Jacques Louis David's Oath of Horatii is the best known and most explicit depiction of neoclassical painting, owing to its inclination to patriotic concern and stiffness. Apparently, Pierre Corneille's play named Horace is th Continue Reading...
Terrorism has been a hot topic in the news for over a decade. It has impact people on an international level with countries like France, England, and the United States experiencing attacks. Currently Isis, a terrorist organization, has generated chao Continue Reading...
Global Terrorism
Waterboarding:
A Policy Memo on Whether to Employ Waterboarding against High Value Terror Suspects
The attacks of September 11, 2001, left our country enraged and ready to strike those who attacked us. We searched for terrorist su Continue Reading...
Research Question: When do police interrogation techniques lead to false confessions/false witness testimony, and how can false confessions be prevented?
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Reference: Forrest, K.D., Wadkins, T.A. & Larson, B.A. (2006). Suspect personal Continue Reading...
doubt whatsoever that September 11, 2001 will forever remain one of our country's darkest days. On this day, terrorists successfully launched one of the worst terror attacks the world has witnessed in modern times. In an attempt to come up with a re Continue Reading...
Coercion as an Instrument of Counterterrorism Policy
What advantages disadvantages coercion force instrument counterterrorism policy? Explain giving suitable examples. 1500 words subject terrorism a globalised world
The use of force to make a perso Continue Reading...
(The Sixth Amendment, http://civilliberty.about.com/od/lawenforcementterrorism/p/6th_amendment.htm. Retrieved 6 December 2009.)
The Fourteenth Amendment, although not (obviously) a part of the Bill of Rights, presents rights that are as central to Continue Reading...
The Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company are perfect examples of how economics, politics, and military intervention are all interconnected. Easily referred to as “company-states,” and “the world’s first Continue Reading...
Does the criminal justice system discriminate? Provide support your position with reference to the various components of the process, and give an explanation for either why the system discriminates, or why it appears to discriminate.
Yes, the crimi Continue Reading...