Citation

Haritos-Fatouros M. J. Appl. Soc. Psychol. 1988; 18(13): 1107-1120.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1559-1816.1988.tb01196.x

PMID

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Abstract

The military training and selection procedures leading to the behavior of a torturer are discussed. The analysis is based on testimonies of army police servicemen at the first torturers' trial in Greece and on the interviews of ex-military policemen who served under the military dictatorship in Greece (1967-1974). It is concluded that, given the appropriate training condition, any individual is a potential torturer, and a model for obedience to the authority of violence is proposed.