| Term Paper Title | NOAH GENTRY |
| # of Words | 527 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.11 |
NOAH GENTRY
Although many studies focus on torture practiced by the police, military, and other branches of government, torture can also occur especially when women, children, or other civilians are targeted within families or other public places.
Torture is also practiced in an astonishing array of forms. Physical torture may involve beating, burning, cutting, starving, hanging (by the thumbs or feet), kicking, mutilating, forcing body parts into icy or boiling water, blinding, puncturing ear drums, removing body parts, applying acid or electric shocks, breaking bones, and so on. Some methods have become so common that they are given their own names such as “Bell,” “Buzzer,” “Carry On,” “Chepuwa,” “Falanga,” “Helicopter Trip,” “Necklacing,” and “Telephone”
Although all forms of physical torture are likely to have psychological effects and consequences, some forms of torture are solely psychological in nature. For example, people may be forced to watch family or friends being tortured, they may be given false reports about the torture, death, or betrayal of loved ones. They may also be told that they are about to be executed, which is sometimes followed by a fake execution. Yet another example is, victims of torture may be told that no one remembers them or cares, and that if they survive, no one will believe them. The psychological effects of torture may range from the expectation of a fixed routine, like the dread of questioning and physical torture at set times each day. The other extreme is inability to know what will happen next. ...Read entire document
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