Some Psycho-Social Correlates of US Citizen Support for Torture

Richards, David L.; Morrill, Mandy; Anderson, Mary R.

doi:10.18261/issn1891-814x-2012-01-04

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“…There are 20 torture tactics, adapted from Richards, Morrill, and Anderson’s (2012) Torture Acceptability Index, which I loosely sorted into threat-based and physical tactics, as follows: Humiliate the suspect via degrading language. Threaten to beat the suspect. Threaten the suspect with a dog. Threaten to shoot the suspect. Threaten to harm the suspect’s family members. Make the suspect face a mock execution. Do not allow the suspect to have food. Do not allow the suspect to have water. Make the suspect listen to loud noise for long periods. Expose the suspect to extreme heat or cold. Do not allow the suspect to sit down. Do not allow the suspect to sleep. Make the suspect go naked. Sexually humiliate the suspect. Punch the suspect. Kick the suspect. Beat the suspect with a cane. Apply electric shocks to the suspect. Hold the suspect’s head under water. Sexually assault the suspect. …”

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“… 3. Instructors also could use the Torture Acceptability Index (Richards, Morrill, and Anderson 2012) as a pretest and posttest survey and track changes in students’ attitudes toward torture from the pretest to the choices they make in the simulation to the posttest with the use of unique numeric identifiers for each student, described in more detail in the online appendix. …”

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Tick, Tick, Boom: Simulating Human Rights Decisions in the Classroom

Watson

2022

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This article presents an original simulation, called Tick, Tick, Boom, which is designed to help students examine the use of torture in counterterrorism interrogations. The simulation is designed to be embedded in a larger array of course content but needs only one 50-minute class period to play. Unlike many similar games, students participate individually, learning the consequences of their actions through dice rolls. The article summarizes the gameplay and debriefing, presents a brief assessment of the simulation as an activity, and offers suggestions for future extensions.

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Tick, Tick, Boom: Simulating Human Rights Decisions in the Classroom

Watson

2022

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“…7.Of course, demographic features like education, wealth, authoritarianism, and ideology influence human rights support (Carlson and Listhaug 2007; Gronke et al 2010; Richards, Morrill and Anderson 2012). I take these features as constant and theorize the effect of contextual factors.…”

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Named and Shamed: International Advocacy and Public Support for Repressive Leaders

Morrison

2023

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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Do international naming and shaming campaigns reduce public support for repressive leaders? International advocacy can provide domestic audiences with new information about human rights abuses and shift perspectives about repression. When effective, these tactics reduce repression by marring a leader’s reputation with the public. Recent research has begun to analyze this causal pathway but has yet to consider the impact of international advocacy on support for repressive leaders across different groups. I argue that the impact of advocacy on individual support for repressive leaders varies with individuals’ relationship to repression victims, identification with repressive leaders, and trust in campaign sources. Using a representative survey experiment in the United States, I find that naming and shaming increases opposition to repressive leaders among those who view victims as non-threatening and those who do not share a party with the leader. Of concern, advocacy results in a backlash effect among other demographics.

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