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Torture and the Commitment Problem

机译:酷刑与承诺问题

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We study torture as a mechanism for extracting information from a suspect who may or may not be informed. We show that a standard rationale for torture generates two commitment problems. First, the principal would benefit from a commitment to torture a suspect he knows to be innocent. Secondly, the principal would benefit from a commitment to limit the amount of torture faced by the guilty. We analyse a dynamic model of torture in which the credibility of these threats and promises is endogenous. We show that these commitment problems dramatically reduce the value of torture and can even render it completely ineffective. We use our model to address questions such as the effect of enhanced interrogation techniques, rights against indefinite detention, and delegation of torture to specialists.
机译:我们研究酷刑作为从嫌疑人那里获取信息的机制,该嫌疑人可能会或可能不会被告知。我们表明,酷刑的标准依据产生了两个承诺问题。首先,校长将从对酷刑犯的承诺中受益,他知道自己是无辜的。其次,委托人将从承诺限制罪犯面临的酷刑数量的承诺中受益。我们分析了一种动态的酷刑模型,其中这些威胁和诺言的可信度是内生的。我们表明,这些承诺问题极大地降低了酷刑的价值,甚至可能使其完全无效。我们使用我们的模型来解决以下问题,例如增强的讯问技术的效果,不受无限期拘留的权利以及将酷刑委派给专家的问题。

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