A Zemiology of Torturous Violence and the Limits of Law.
Social and legislative responses to torture remain dominated by legal definitions and debates around what constitutes 'torture'. Although narratives are progressing contemporarily, the fact remains that definitions of torture continue to be situated in the narrow confines of the United Nations Conve...
| Published in: | British Journal of Criminology Vol. 66; no. 4; pp. 749 - 767 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2026
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