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Perceptions of Evil from Abu Ghraib: Female Prison Guards and Sexual Violence [PDF]

, 2015
In 2003, the world was presented with images of sexual torture from Abu Ghraib, a U.S. military prison in Iraq. For many people, part of the shock of the images was the fact that several of the guards were women.
Gavin, Helen, Porter, Theresa
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The Trauma of Ongoing Conflict and Displacement in Chechnya: Quantitative Assessment of Living Conditions, and Psychosocial and General Health Status Among War Displaced in Chechnya and Ingushetia. [PDF]

, 2007
: BACKGROUND: Conflict in Chechnya has resulted in over a decade of violence, human rights abuses, criminality and poverty, and a steady flow of displaced seeking refuge throughout the region.
Kaz de Jong, Saskia van der Kam, Nathan Ford, Sally Hargreaves, Richard van Oosten, Debbie Cunningham, Gerry Boots, Elodie Andrault, Rolf Kleber, Left without a choice, DC Miller, RJ Kleber, K de Jong, K de Jong, RK Yin, MJ Friedman, BL Green, J de Jong, DW Foy, M Basoglu, N Breslau, IT Bowes, J Herman, DP Goldberg, B Lopes Cardoso, DP Goldberg, H Selye, A Noorbala, M Beiser, RG Rumbaut, RF Mollica, AC McFarlane, HJ Rosenberg, Z Solomon, Z Solomon, MH Hollifield, MG Warshaw, N Breslau, N Breslau, P Bracken, RJ Kleber, RC Kessler, A Perkonigg, D Summerfield, B Lie, C Granville-Chapman, J Herlihy   +46 more
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The dialectics of trauma and political conscientization: A psychosocial study of activism for supporting sexual and gender minoritized communities in Brazil

Journal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract This qualitative study examined the dialectical association between psychosocial trauma and political conscientization in the lives of activists advocating for persons with marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities (2SLGBTQIA+) in São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Gab C. Siqueira, Luisa F. Velásquez Vallejo, Antonio Euzebios Filho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial

Torture, 2018
This is the Editorial for Issue 1 2016 of the Torture Journal.
Lilla Hárdi
doaj   +1 more source

Torture exposure and the functional brain: investigating disruptions to intrinsic network connectivity using resting state fMRI

Translational Psychiatry, 2022
Torture has profound psychological and physiological consequences for survivors. While some brain structures and functions appear altered in torture survivors, it is unclear how torture exposure influences functional connectivity within and between core ...
Belinda J. Liddell, Pritha Das, Gin S. Malhi, Kim L. Felmingham, Tim Outhred, Jessica Cheung, Miriam Den, Angela Nickerson, Mirjana Askovic, Jorge Aroche, Mariano Coello, Richard A. Bryant   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Normalizing the Shamed Self: Stigma, Neutralization and “Narrative Credibility” in Interviews on White‐Collar Transgression

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In this article, I analyze my interviews with Mark (pseudonym), a social scientist who committed major academic fraud in over 50 top‐tier journal articles in the first decade of this century. I explain how stigma played a central role in how Mark and I shaped our interaction. I focus on how Mark, a former Professor and Dean with a distinguished career,
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source

Medicolegal Significance of Torture Under Police Custody on Prisoners’ Health and Recommendations for Prevention of Violence Against Torture

Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Sciences, 2019
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to determine (a) most common sites of torture, nature of injuries and their complications and (b) psychological and physical effects of torture on the prisoner’s mental and physical health.
Sayed Muhammad Yadain, Aftab Alam Tanoli, Riffat Masood, Shagufta Shafi, Rizwan Zafar Ansari, Zahid Hussain Khalil, Qurat Ul Ain Aftab   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Security: Undermining Human Rights? [PDF]

, 2012
This article warns that the human security discourse and agenda could inadvertently undermine the international human rights regime. Insofar as human security identifies new threats to well-being, new victims of those threats, new duties of states, or ...
Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.
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South Sudanese Refugee Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Torture:Health and Justice Service Responses in Northern Uganda [PDF]

, 2020
This British Academy/Leverhulme-funded research investigated the health and justice service responses to the needs of South Sudanese refugees living in refugee settlements in Northern Uganda who had been subjected to sexual and gender-based violence ...
Artz, Lillian, Barrett, Hazel, Liebling, Helen   +2 more
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“Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”: Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
wiley   +1 more source