Steven J. Barela is a Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of Geneva in the Global Studies Institute and a member of the Law Faculty. He specializes in interdisciplinary scholarship with a monograph on counterterrorism and an edited book on armed drones.Mark Fallon is a national security expert, international security consultant, and counterterrorism specialist. His government service spans more than three decades with positions including NCIS Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Senior Executive within the Department of Homeland Security.Gloria Gaggioli is Swiss National Science Foundation Professor at the University of Geneva. She specializes in public international law, and more specifically, international humanitarian law and human rights law.Jens David Ohlin is Vice Dean and Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. He specializes in international law and all aspects of criminal law, including domestic, comparative, and international criminal law.

As a guide to the most up-to-date thinking on the science and ethics of interrogation, this book is a highly valuable contribution. Given its wide disciplinary range and substantive breadth, it holds novel and illuminating insights for even the most well-read torture researcher.

• Foreword Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Table of Cases Table of Treaties, Resolutions and Other Relevant Documents Introduction: Legal, Moral and Effective Interrogation . Steven J. Barela . Jens David Ohlin Part I. Identifying Torture 1. Defining Torture and the Obligation of Systematic Review in the CAT Treaty . Manfred Nowak . Giuliana Monina 2. Personality Disruption as Mental Torture: The CIA, Interrogational Abuse, and the U.S. Torture Act . David Luban . Katherine S. Newell 3. The Field of Torture Today: Ten Years On from Torture and Democracy . Darius Rejali Part II. The Emergent Science and Effective Practice of Interrogation 4. The HIG Project: The Road to Scientific Research on Interrogation . Mark Fallon . Susan E. Brandon 5. Developing Rapport and Trust in the Interrogative Context: An Empirically-Supported Alternative . Laure Brimbal . Colonel Steven M. Kleinman (Ret.) . Simon Oleszkiewicz . Christian A. Meissner 6. Investigative Interviewing: From England to Norway and Beyond . Ray Bull . o Asbjørn Rachlew 7. Interrogating the Brain: Torture and the Neuroscience of Humane Interrogation . Shane O'Mara Part III. Strains on Professionals and Professionalism 8. Professional Standards in the Aftermath of Torture: The Struggles of the American Psychological Association . Stephen Soldz . Steven Reisner 9. What Can Be Asked of Interrogators? . Michael Skerker 10. Beyond Ethics on the Sly: The Behavioral Sciences & National-Security Interrogation . M. Gregg Bloche Part IV. Reviewing Legal Efforts to Constrain Torture 11. Cycles of Compulsion: Efficacy and Legality in the History of Israeli Torture Debates and Practice . Karin Loevy 12. A Qualified Defense of the Obama Administration's Record on Torture . John T. Parry 13. Unmasking the Challenges: Interrogation and International Law . Gloria Gaggioli . Pavle Kilibarda Part V. A Fresh View on Enduring Moral Debates 14. Torture, Dignity and the Rule of Law . J.M. Bernstein 15. Justifying Too Much: Utilitarianism as a Moral Theory . Bob Brecher 16. Reclaiming Bentham on Torture . Steven J. Barela Part VI. What is the Future of Interrogation/Interviewing? 17. Preventing Torture: What Works? . Mark Thomson . Barbara Bernath 18. Repairing the Damage from Illegal Acts of State: The Costs of Failed Accountability for Torture . Claire Finkelstein . Brigadier General Steve Xenakis, M.D.(Ret.) 19. Drinking from a Poisoned Chalice: A Portrait of the U.S. Military Commissions at Guantánamo . Brigadier General John G. Baker . Mary E. Spears . Katherine S. Newell 20. Setting Universal Standards for Non-Coercive Interviews and Associated Safeguards . Juan E. Méndez . Andra Nicolescu Afterword: The Corrosive Strategic Legacy of Torture Alberto Mora

Steven J. Barela is a Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of Geneva in the Global Studies Institute and a member of the Law Faculty. He specializes in interdisciplinary scholarship with a monograph on counterterrorism and an edited book on armed drones.Mark Fallon is a national security expert, international security consultant, and counterterrorism specialist. His government service spans more than three decades with positions including NCIS Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Senior Executive within the Department of Homeland Security.Gloria Gaggioli is Swiss National Science Foundation Professor at the University of Geneva. She specializes in public international law, and more specifically, international humanitarian law and human rights law.Jens David Ohlin is Vice Dean and Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. He specializes in international law and all aspects of criminal law, including domestic, comparative, and international criminal law.

As a guide to the most up-to-date thinking on the science and ethics of interrogation, this book is a highly valuable contribution. Given its wide disciplinary range and substantive breadth, it holds novel and illuminating insights for even the most well-read torture researcher.

• Foreword Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Table of Cases Table of Treaties, Resolutions and Other Relevant Documents Introduction: Legal, Moral and Effective Interrogation . Steven J. Barela . Jens David Ohlin Part I. Identifying Torture 1. Defining Torture and the Obligation of Systematic Review in the CAT Treaty . Manfred Nowak . Giuliana Monina 2. Personality Disruption as Mental Torture: The CIA, Interrogational Abuse, and the U.S. Torture Act . David Luban . Katherine S. Newell 3. The Field of Torture Today: Ten Years On from Torture and Democracy . Darius Rejali Part II. The Emergent Science and Effective Practice of Interrogation 4. The HIG Project: The Road to Scientific Research on Interrogation . Mark Fallon . Susan E. Brandon 5. Developing Rapport and Trust in the Interrogative Context: An Empirically-Supported Alternative . Laure Brimbal . Colonel Steven M. Kleinman (Ret.) . Simon Oleszkiewicz . Christian A. Meissner 6. Investigative Interviewing: From England to Norway and Beyond . Ray Bull . o Asbjørn Rachlew 7. Interrogating the Brain: Torture and the Neuroscience of Humane Interrogation . Shane O'Mara Part III. Strains on Professionals and Professionalism 8. Professional Standards in the Aftermath of Torture: The Struggles of the American Psychological Association . Stephen Soldz . Steven Reisner 9. What Can Be Asked of Interrogators? . Michael Skerker 10. Beyond Ethics on the Sly: The Behavioral Sciences & National-Security Interrogation . M. Gregg Bloche Part IV. Reviewing Legal Efforts to Constrain Torture 11. Cycles of Compulsion: Efficacy and Legality in the History of Israeli Torture Debates and Practice . Karin Loevy 12. A Qualified Defense of the Obama Administration's Record on Torture . John T. Parry 13. Unmasking the Challenges: Interrogation and International Law . Gloria Gaggioli . Pavle Kilibarda Part V. A Fresh View on Enduring Moral Debates 14. Torture, Dignity and the Rule of Law . J.M. Bernstein 15. Justifying Too Much: Utilitarianism as a Moral Theory . Bob Brecher 16. Reclaiming Bentham on Torture . Steven J. Barela Part VI. What is the Future of Interrogation/Interviewing? 17. Preventing Torture: What Works? . Mark Thomson . Barbara Bernath 18. Repairing the Damage from Illegal Acts of State: The Costs of Failed Accountability for Torture . Claire Finkelstein . Brigadier General Steve Xenakis, M.D.(Ret.) 19. Drinking from a Poisoned Chalice: A Portrait of the U.S. Military Commissions at Guantánamo . Brigadier General John G. Baker . Mary E. Spears . Katherine S. Newell 20. Setting Universal Standards for Non-Coercive Interviews and Associated Safeguards . Juan E. Méndez . Andra Nicolescu Afterword: The Corrosive Strategic Legacy of Torture Alberto Mora

Steven J. Barela is a Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of Geneva in the Global Studies Institute and a member of the Law Faculty. He specializes in interdisciplinary scholarship with a monograph on counterterrorism and an edited book on armed drones.Mark Fallon is a national security expert, international security consultant, and counterterrorism specialist. His government service spans more than three decades with positions including NCIS Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Senior Executive within the Department of Homeland Security.Gloria Gaggioli is Swiss National Science Foundation Professor at the University of Geneva. She specializes in public international law, and more specifically, international humanitarian law and human rights law.Jens David Ohlin is Vice Dean and Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. He specializes in international law and all aspects of criminal law, including domestic, comparative, and international criminal law.

As a guide to the most up-to-date thinking on the science and ethics of interrogation, this book is a highly valuable contribution. Given its wide disciplinary range and substantive breadth, it holds novel and illuminating insights for even the most well-read torture researcher.

• Foreword Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Table of Cases Table of Treaties, Resolutions and Other Relevant Documents Introduction: Legal, Moral and Effective Interrogation . Steven J. Barela . Jens David Ohlin Part I. Identifying Torture 1. Defining Torture and the Obligation of Systematic Review in the CAT Treaty . Manfred Nowak . Giuliana Monina 2. Personality Disruption as Mental Torture: The CIA, Interrogational Abuse, and the U.S. Torture Act . David Luban . Katherine S. Newell 3. The Field of Torture Today: Ten Years On from Torture and Democracy . Darius Rejali Part II. The Emergent Science and Effective Practice of Interrogation 4. The HIG Project: The Road to Scientific Research on Interrogation . Mark Fallon . Susan E. Brandon 5. Developing Rapport and Trust in the Interrogative Context: An Empirically-Supported Alternative . Laure Brimbal . Colonel Steven M. Kleinman (Ret.) . Simon Oleszkiewicz . Christian A. Meissner 6. Investigative Interviewing: From England to Norway and Beyond . Ray Bull . o Asbjørn Rachlew 7. Interrogating the Brain: Torture and the Neuroscience of Humane Interrogation . Shane O'Mara Part III. Strains on Professionals and Professionalism 8. Professional Standards in the Aftermath of Torture: The Struggles of the American Psychological Association . Stephen Soldz . Steven Reisner 9. What Can Be Asked of Interrogators? . Michael Skerker 10. Beyond Ethics on the Sly: The Behavioral Sciences & National-Security Interrogation . M. Gregg Bloche Part IV. Reviewing Legal Efforts to Constrain Torture 11. Cycles of Compulsion: Efficacy and Legality in the History of Israeli Torture Debates and Practice . Karin Loevy 12. A Qualified Defense of the Obama Administration's Record on Torture . John T. Parry 13. Unmasking the Challenges: Interrogation and International Law . Gloria Gaggioli . Pavle Kilibarda Part V. A Fresh View on Enduring Moral Debates 14. Torture, Dignity and the Rule of Law . J.M. Bernstein 15. Justifying Too Much: Utilitarianism as a Moral Theory . Bob Brecher 16. Reclaiming Bentham on Torture . Steven J. Barela Part VI. What is the Future of Interrogation/Interviewing? 17. Preventing Torture: What Works? . Mark Thomson . Barbara Bernath 18. Repairing the Damage from Illegal Acts of State: The Costs of Failed Accountability for Torture . Claire Finkelstein . Brigadier General Steve Xenakis, M.D.(Ret.) 19. Drinking from a Poisoned Chalice: A Portrait of the U.S. Military Commissions at Guantánamo . Brigadier General John G. Baker . Mary E. Spears . Katherine S. Newell 20. Setting Universal Standards for Non-Coercive Interviews and Associated Safeguards . Juan E. Méndez . Andra Nicolescu Afterword: The Corrosive Strategic Legacy of Torture Alberto Mora