Some Psycho-Social Correlates of US Citizen Support for Torture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12965697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David L Richards (University of Connecticut, corresponding author), Mandy Morrill (0000-0003-1972-5709, Valparaiso University), Mary R Anderson (0000-0002-4140-2626, University of Tampa) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 01 |
| Pages | 63-95 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nordic Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1891-814X • E-ISSN: 1891-8131 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.18261/issn1891-814x-2012-01-04 |
| OpenAlex | W2274761759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
We use an original survey to both ascertain US citizens’ attitudes about the use of torture, and to begin to explore why they have these views. While there exists widely-agreed-upon findings regarding the state-level determinants of government respect for human rights such as torture, much less is understood about either the distribution or formation of individual citizens’ attitudes about human rights. Our investigation of the formation of citizen attitudes about torture goes beyond the overly-simple explanation of respondents’ party identification used in the media by examining how respondents’ exposure to violence, and their levels of empathy, tolerance, as well as general conformity-related attitudes might affect their views about torture. Further, we go beyond asking abstract questions about torture and, instead, ask respondents about their attitudes towards particular torture techniques. We use this information to construct the Torture Acceptability Index (TAI) to measure individuals’ overall level of acceptance of torture.Our findings from empirical analysis confirm our hypotheses that there exists a statistically significant relationship between several psycho-social factors and individual attitudes towards torture, even accounting for one’s party identification
Construct (python library · Criminology · Empathy · Government (linguistics · Human rights · Political science · Torture · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law
Outgroups and ingroups
How combining framing strategies affects human rights micromobilization
Gendered framing in human rights campaigns
The gender gap in support for humanitarian interventions
How protest affects opinions of peaceful demonstration and expression rights
Beyond the media's explanation
Tick, Tick, Boom
Two sides of the same coin
Public acceptance of gender-based violence as torture
Why voters (sometimes) punish repression
Named and Shamed
Threat Perception and American Support for Torture
Violence, Nonviolence, and the Effects of International Human Rights Law
Mapping advocacy support
Torture and the limits of democratic institutions
Human Rights Organizations as Agents of Change
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |