Torture, Enhanced Interrogations, and the Role of Psychologists

The Hoffman Report has raised great concern and consternation in APA, and in psychology as a profession.  Most prominent was that of ethical violations committed by individuals and APA in the name of policy and decisions.  This summary was put together as a resource for educating students about ethics and human rights with citations of the actual report, the APA actions and resolutions, and the media coverage.

Jean Lau Chin, EdD, ABPP

 

Read Dr. Chin's excellent summary ....

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Understanding Torture with the literature Resources.

We are providing literature compiled list of torture resources. This does not encompass all resources but those that are free and open access. 

Understanding Ethics and Research.

To learn more please visit some of these sites. This is not all full list of resources and is here to help provide education.  

  1. http://www.un.org/en/ethics/training.shtml

  2. http://www.who.int/ethics/en/

  3. http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/training-guideline-publications/operational-guidelines-ethics-biomedical-research/en/

  4. http://www.who.int/rpc/research_ethics/Process_seeking_IF_printing2.pdf

  5. https://www.cdc.gov/od/science/integrity/hrpo/

  6. https://www.citiprogram.org/

What is Torture?