Psychologists, Former Interrogators Discuss Torture - Georgetown College

Torture does not yield reliable information and actually backfires in intelligence interrogations. This was the conclusion of seven research psychologists and four recently retired, senior U.S. Army interrogators after a 2006 seminar to rethink the psychology of torture. Now, in a more detailed report titled Torture is for Amateurs, the psychologists and former interrogators have published their findings, presenting what is currently known about the psychology of torture, in a special issue of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Volume 13 Issue 4, 2007.