Were They Tortured or Did They Make That Up? Ethnographic reflections on torture allegations in the Basque Country in Spain

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dc.contributor.author Terwindt, Carolijn
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-02T12:18:05Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-02T12:18:05Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.other 1687934061 de_DE
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10900/95222
dc.identifier.uri http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-952220 de_DE
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-36605
dc.description.abstract Academic literature about torture has addressed a wide range of questions. An important facet, however, has not yet received sufficient attention. Given that torture tends to occur in secrecy, there is a lack of information that is perceived to be objective and authoritative. How does the resulting uncertainty affect the societal response to allegations of torture and the social consequences of such allegations? In this article, the controversy about torture allegations in Spain is used to examine this issue and to explore the insidious effects this uncertainty has on society. The Spanish state is unable to provide a generally accepted account in response to the continuous torture allegations from Basque prisoners accused of terrorism or street violence. Based on ethnographic research, this article describes how Spanish and Basque society can be divided into believers, non-believers and people who do not care about torture allegations. Because of the centrality of such allegations in many criminal cases, this division also polarizes public perceptions of the entire criminal justice system. en
dc.language.iso en de_DE
dc.publisher Universität Tübingen de_DE
dc.subject.classification Folter , Spanien , Baskenland de_DE
dc.subject.ddc 360 de_DE
dc.subject.other Torture allegations en
dc.subject.other Spain en
dc.subject.other ethnography en
dc.subject.other Basque conflict en
dc.subject.other polarization en
dc.subject.other criminal justice system en
dc.subject.other confessions en
dc.title Were They Tortured or Did They Make That Up? Ethnographic reflections on torture allegations in the Basque Country in Spain en
dc.type Article de_DE
utue.publikation.fachbereich Kriminologie de_DE
utue.publikation.fakultaet Kriminologisches Repository de_DE
utue.opus.portal kdoku de_DE
utue.publikation.source Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 1-2, 2011 de_DE

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