Outrages against personal dignity: Rationalizing abuse and torture in the war on terror

Social Forces

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1627-1646

  Hooks, Gregory ^a   Mosher, Clayton ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26444550694     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0068     Document Type: Review

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