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Torture

Known as: tortures 
The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon an individual or individuals, including the torture of animals.
National Institutes of Health

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Antisocial behavior
Human Rights AbusesMental SufferingVictimizationViolence

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire: Adapting a Cross-Cultural Instrument for Measuring Torture, Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Iraqi Refugees
Background: Mental health assessments in post-conflict zones have relied heavily on Western psychiatric scales. Yet, a strict… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A neoliberal nexus: Economy, security and the biopolitics of citizenship on the border
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The Intensification of Corruption in China
Although most analysts agree that corruption has worsened since the advent of reform, this article argues that whereas the first… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Webcams, TV Shows and Mobile phones: Empowering Exhibitionism
The roles of visual representations have been multiplied. In contrast of being targets of the ever-increasing surveillance… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Psychiatric disorders among tortured Bhutanese refugees in Nepal.
BACKGROUND The impact of torture on the distribution of psychiatric disorders among refugees is unknown. METHODS We surveyed a… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Law and empire in late antiquity
1. The law of Late Antiquity 2. Making the law 3. The construction of authority 4. The efficacy of law 5. In court 6. Crime and… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Psychological sequelae of torture and organised violence suffered by refugees from Iraq
Background Refugees who have suffered traumatic events present complex therapeutic challenges to health professionals. There is… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Threat and Repression: The Non-Linear Relationship between Government and Opposition Violence
An understanding of the causes of political repression has continually eluded researchers for the past decade. We argue that much… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The Dirty Harry Problem
Policing constantly places its practitioners in situations in which good ends can be achieved by dirty means. When the ends to be… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Do hens suffer in battery cages? environmental preferences and welfare
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