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There is growing acknowledgement that torture is too narrowly defined in law, and that psychological and/or sexualised violence against women is not adequately recognized as torture. Clearly conceptualising torturous violence, this book offers scholars and practitioners critical reflections on how torture is defined and the implications that narrow definitions may have on survivors. Drawing on over a decade of research and interviews with psychologists, practitioners and women seeking asylum, it sets out the implications of the social silencing of torture, and torturous violence specifically. It invites us to consider alternative ways to understand and address the impacts of physical, sexualized and psychological abuses.

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Introduction: Why ‘Torture and Torturous Violence’? 1. Outlining the Definitional Boundaries of ‘Torture’ 2. ‘Wandering Throughout Lives’: Outlining Forms and Impacts of Torture 3. ‘I Wouldn’t Call It Torture’: Conceptualising Torturous Violence 4. Sexualised Torture and Sexually Torturous Violence 5. Experiential Epistemologies: Embedding the Lived Experience of Women Survivors 6. Unsilencing 7. Addressing and Responding to Torture and Torturous Violence

Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 18 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9781529218428
      978-1529218428
      ISBN-10 152921842X
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      Crime and criminology Sexual abuse and harassment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      There is growing acknowledgement that torture is too narrowly defined in law, and that psychological and/or sexualised violence against women is not adequately recognized as torture. Clearly conceptualising torturous violence, this book offers scholars and practitioners critical reflections on how torture is defined and the implications that narrow definitions may have on survivors. Drawing on over a decade of research and interviews with psychologists, practitioners and women seeking asylum, it sets out the implications of the social silencing of torture, and torturous violence specifically. It invites us to consider alternative ways to understand and address the impacts of physical, sexualized and psychological abuses.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Why ‘Torture and Torturous Violence’? 1. Outlining the Definitional Boundaries of ‘Torture’ 2. ‘Wandering Throughout Lives’: Outlining Forms and Impacts of Torture 3. ‘I Wouldn’t Call It Torture’: Conceptualising Torturous Violence 4. Sexualised Torture and Sexually Torturous Violence 5. Experiential Epistemologies: Embedding the Lived Experience of Women Survivors 6. Unsilencing 7. Addressing and Responding to Torture and Torturous Violence

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