Physical or psychological coercion during interrogation to secure information.
In practice, psychological coercion can prove as effective as physical torture.
She published in the field of cults, mind control ("psychological coercion") and similar areas.
As a result, these defendants could be acquitted of illegal enslavement if Federal prosecutors cannot prove that they used physical force, not just psychological coercion.
Far from a "love story," the true story is about psychological coercion and murder.
The manuals featured techniques of psychological coercion to make people talk - techniques that the agency said it gave up in 1985.
But imagine a relatively sheltered 14-year-old, grabbed out of her room and subjected to extreme psychological coercion.
In psychological coercion, the threatened injury regards the victim's relationships with other people.
In these maternity "homes" 80-90% of babies would be adopted due to the psychological coercion of mothers.