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Violence Workers: Police Torturers and Murderers Reconstruct Brazilian Atrocities

Philip G. Zimbardo

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Of the twenty-three Brazilian policemen interviewed in depth for this landmark study, fourteen were direct perpetrators of torture and murder during the three decades that included the 1964-1985 military regime. These "violence workers" and the other group of "atrocity facilitators" who had not, or claimed they had not, participated directly in the violence, help answer questions that haunt today's world: Why and how are ordinary men transformed into state torturers and murderers? How do atrocity perpetrators explain and justify their violence? What is the impact of their murderous deeds—on them, on their victims, and on society? What memories of their atrocities do they admit and which become public history?

Language: English

Pages: 314

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of California Press

Release: November 21, 2002

ISBN: 0520234472

ISBN 13: 9780520234475

Violence Workers: Police Torturers and Murderers Reconstruct Brazilian Atrocities

Philip G. Zimbardo

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Of the twenty-three Brazilian policemen interviewed in depth for this landmark study, fourteen were direct perpetrators of torture and murder during the three decades that included the 1964-1985 military regime. These "violence workers" and the other group of "atrocity facilitators" who had not, or claimed they had not, participated directly in the violence, help answer questions that haunt today's world: Why and how are ordinary men transformed into state torturers and murderers? How do atrocity perpetrators explain and justify their violence? What is the impact of their murderous deeds—on them, on their victims, and on society? What memories of their atrocities do they admit and which become public history?

Language: English

Pages: 314

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of California Press

Release: November 21, 2002

ISBN: 0520234472

ISBN 13: 9780520234475

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