Bendfeldt-Zachrisson F
Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington 40536.
Int J Health Serv. 1988;18(2):301-10. doi: 10.2190/M4R4-E6WX-TKH8-NPNL.
The practice of torture in Latin America is fundamentally an activity of the state and part of a larger program of repression. In this article, the author analyzes, in general, the psychology of the methods and practice of torture, and, in particular, the psychological defenses likely activated by the torturer when confronting the victim. The contradictions in the relationship of torturer are seen in the light of larger social contradictions within the scheme of domination.
拉丁美洲的酷刑行为从根本上来说是国家的一种行径，且是更大规模镇压计划的一部分。在本文中，作者总体上分析了酷刑方法及行为的心理因素，尤其分析了施刑者在面对受害者时可能激活的心理防御机制。施刑者关系中的矛盾是在统治体系内更大的社会矛盾背景下显现出来的。
