AN APPRAISAL OF TECHNOLOGIES OF POLITICAL CONTROL
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS ASSESSMENT
STOA
AN APPRAISAL OF TECHNOLOGIES OF POLITICAL CONTROL
Chart 10. Biderman's Chart of Coercion
S. 48
1. Isolation.
2. Monopolisation of Perception.
3. Induced Debility Exhaustion
4. Threats.
5. Occasional indulgences.
6. Demonstrating 'Omnipotence'.
7. Degradation.
8. Enforcing Trivial Demands.
General Method
Effects (Purposes) Variants
1. Isolation.
Deprives victim of all social support of his ability to resist. Develops and intense concern with self. Makes victim dependent upon interrogator. Complete solitary confinement. Complete isolations. Semi isolation. Group isolation.
2. Monopolisation of Perception.
Fixes attention upon immediate
predicament. Fosters introspection. Eliminates stimuli competing with those controlled by captor. Frustrates all action not consistent with compliance. Physical isolation. Darkness or bright light. Barren environment. Restricted movement. Monotonous food.
3. Induced Debility.
Exhaustion Weakens mental and physical ability to resist. Semi-starvation. Exposure. Exploitation of wounds. Induced illness.
Sleep deprivation. Prolonged constraint. Prolonged interrogation.
Forced writing. Over-exertion.
4. Threats.
Cultivates anxiety and despair. Threats of death. Threats of non return. Threats of endless interrogation and isolation. Threats against family. Vague threats. Mysterious changes of treatment.
5. Occasional indulgences.
Provides positive motivation for compliance. Hinders adjustment to
deprivation. Occasional favors. Fluctuations of interrogators's attitudes. Promises. Rewards for partial compliance. Tantalising.
6. Demonstrating.
'Omnipotence'. Suggests futility of resistance. Confrontation. Pretending co-operation taken for granted. Demonstrating complete control over victim's fate.
7. Degradation.
Makes cost of resistance more damaging to self esteem than
capitulation. Reduces prisoner to 'animal level' concerns. Personal hygiene prevented. Filthy infested surrounds. Demeaning punishments. Insults and taunts. Denial of privacy.
8. Enforcing Trivial.
Demands. Develops habits of compliance. Forced writing. Enforcement of minute rules.
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS ASSESSMENT
STOA
AN APPRAISAL OF TECHNOLOGIES OF POLITICAL CONTROL
Chart 10. Biderman's Chart of Coercion
S. 48
1. Isolation.
2. Monopolisation of Perception.
3. Induced Debility Exhaustion
4. Threats.
5. Occasional indulgences.
6. Demonstrating 'Omnipotence'.
7. Degradation.
8. Enforcing Trivial Demands.
General Method
Effects (Purposes) Variants
1. Isolation.
Deprives victim of all social support of his ability to resist. Develops and intense concern with self. Makes victim dependent upon interrogator. Complete solitary confinement. Complete isolations. Semi isolation. Group isolation.
2. Monopolisation of Perception.
Fixes attention upon immediate
predicament. Fosters introspection. Eliminates stimuli competing with those controlled by captor. Frustrates all action not consistent with compliance. Physical isolation. Darkness or bright light. Barren environment. Restricted movement. Monotonous food.
3. Induced Debility.
Exhaustion Weakens mental and physical ability to resist. Semi-starvation. Exposure. Exploitation of wounds. Induced illness.
Sleep deprivation. Prolonged constraint. Prolonged interrogation.
Forced writing. Over-exertion.
4. Threats.
Cultivates anxiety and despair. Threats of death. Threats of non return. Threats of endless interrogation and isolation. Threats against family. Vague threats. Mysterious changes of treatment.
5. Occasional indulgences.
Provides positive motivation for compliance. Hinders adjustment to
deprivation. Occasional favors. Fluctuations of interrogators's attitudes. Promises. Rewards for partial compliance. Tantalising.
6. Demonstrating.
'Omnipotence'. Suggests futility of resistance. Confrontation. Pretending co-operation taken for granted. Demonstrating complete control over victim's fate.
7. Degradation.
Makes cost of resistance more damaging to self esteem than
capitulation. Reduces prisoner to 'animal level' concerns. Personal hygiene prevented. Filthy infested surrounds. Demeaning punishments. Insults and taunts. Denial of privacy.
8. Enforcing Trivial.
Demands. Develops habits of compliance. Forced writing. Enforcement of minute rules.
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