Girls and women who were interrogated
The poll is meant for girls and women, who undeewent an interrogation or questionings of some sort at any period of their life, and regardless of what part of the world they are.
Each of the questions is optional, please skip it if the question is not relevat to you or you dont wish to answer. The poll is not meant to judge you as a person in any way. Please select as many of the options in each question as you need, to be able to express yourself and what happened to you as besty as possible, Thank you for the participation.
This poll is for FEMALES ONLY !
-- I was interrogated while I was :
| 27% (5) | Arrested | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% (6) | Detained by the police ( technically not arrested ) | |
| 22% (4) | Detained by security officers | |
| 11% (2) | Detained by immigration authotities ( or other related ) | |
| 11% (2) | I was detained, or brought in for questioning, by the national security or other related authorities | |
| 5% (1) | Detained by millitary authorities | |
| 11% (2) | I was serving time in prison when i was interrogated by the prison authorities | |
| 33% (6) | I was questioned while I was held by people who didnt have the authority to question me ( criminals, kidnappers etc. ) | |
| 16% (3) | I was questioned under some other surcamstancies, not related to any of the options | |
| 11% (2) | I was already charged with a specific offence(s) while I was interrogated | |
| 11% (2) | I was already charged with a minor offence, however, the authorities were really looking for a confession or for information about another more important issue | |
| 16% (3) | I was not yet charged with anything while I was interrogated | |
| 11% (2) | I was not sure if I was chaeged with anything, they refused to give me a clear answer when I asked | |
| 5% (1) | i was not sure if i am charged with anything, I was to afraid or confused to even ask | |
| 11% (2) | Even now, i am not completelly sure if i was charged with anything while I was interrogated, or not |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- Did the interrogation(s) take place in your country or abroad, and how old were you at the time ?
| 77% (14) | I was interrogated in my home country | |
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| 22% (4) | I was interrogated abroad, I was there as a tourist | |
| 27% (5) | Abroad, I was there as a student | |
| 5% (1) | Abroad, I was there in a buisniss trip | |
| 0% (0) | Abroad, I was there to work | |
| 5% (1) | Abroad, I was there to provide humanitarian aid, or worked in some capacity for an aid organization | |
| 0% (0) | Abroad, I worked for a religios organization | |
| 0% (0) | Abroad, I was just passing thru, or was there for a different reason | |
| 11% (2) | Please enter the name of the foreign countriry(s) where you were interrogated | |
| 27% (5) | Please enter the age(s) you were at, when you were interrogated |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- What were the reasons, or the specific offene(s), leading to the interrogation ? ( you can give a short description, or if you so prefer, just state the specific reason )
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7 voters have answered this question.
-- Where were you interrogated ?
| 16% (3) | At home | |
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| 5% (1) | At someone elses home | |
| 5% (1) | The place where I worked | |
| 33% (6) | An interrogation room in a police station | |
| 11% (2) | A jail cell in a police station | |
| 11% (2) | Another place in a police station | |
| 27% (5) | Security office at an airport or border crossing | |
| 11% (2) | Another place at an airport or border crossing | |
| 0% (0) | Security office in a store night club, hotel etc. | |
| 0% (0) | Officies of immigration authorities | |
| 5% (1) | Millitary facility | |
| 11% (2) | A facility operated by the national security or other related location | |
| 5% (1) | Prison, while I served time there | |
| 27% (5) | A juvenille detention or a related facility | |
| 16% (3) | I am not sure what the place was where I was interrogated | |
| 27% (5) | Some other location |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- Were you responsible for the offence, or the situation, they accused, and interrogated you of ?
| 27% (5) | No, I was not responsible in ANY way, and I was fully aware of this | |
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| 22% (4) | No, I was not responsible in ANY way, but at the time I was not fully aware of this | |
| 27% (5) | I had some involvemant or responsibility, and I was fully or mostly aware of this | |
| 16% (3) | I had some involvemant or responsibility, but I was not aware of this | |
| 0% (0) | I was responsible or involved with some aspects of what I was accused of, but not for other | |
| 22% (4) | I was fully or mostly respomsible, and I was aware of this | |
| 5% (1) | I was fully or mostly responsible, but I was not aware of this | |
| 16% (3) | The situation I was in, was more complex, then any of the options |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- Who, if any of the following person(s) was interrogated at about the same time as you were ?
| 25% (4) | Your mother | |
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| 12% (2) | Father | |
| 31% (5) | Sister(s) | |
| 12% (2) | Brother(s) | |
| 0% (0) | Another female relative | |
| 0% (0) | Another male relative | |
| 18% (3) | Your best ( female ) friend | |
| 37% (6) | Other female friend(s) | |
| 18% (3) | Male friend(s) | |
| 31% (5) | Boyfriend | |
| 37% (6) | Other female individual(s) you know | |
| 18% (3) | Other male individual(s) you know | |
| 25% (4) | The person(s) I indicated, were interrogated together with me | |
| 25% (4) | The person(s) I indicated waited for the questioning with me, but we were interrogated separatelly | |
| 6% (1) | I was separated from the person(s) I indicated after the arrest / detention, however i later learned he / she was also interrogated ( or simular ) | |
| 6% (1) | While some of the individuals listed here were indeed detained when I was, the entire situation was more complicated then any of the options |
16 voters have answered this question.
-- What, if any, of the following happened to you BEFORE the interrogation ?
| 55% (10) | I was fingerprinted | |
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| 27% (5) | Tested for drugs or alcohol | |
| 38% (7) | I underwent a quick pat down | |
| 77% (14) | I was stripsearched | |
| 50% (9) | I was photographed | |
| 72% (13) | I was photographed while partly or fully naked | |
| 16% (3) | I had to stand in a line up for an identification by a witness | |
| 61% (11) | My ID card / passport or other personal documents were checked or rechecked in more details | |
| 61% (11) | They had a detailed and prolonged look thru my belongings | |
| 44% (8) | I had to explain why I have some of the items they found on me or in my belongings, and where did I get them ( or simular ) | |
| 5% (1) | I was told to sign some papers, which I did without much hesetation or thinking | |
| 11% (2) | I was asked to sign some papers, and while I was uneasy about it, I signed sonce I was to afraid to chalenge them | |
| 16% (3) | I asked what is it i am told to sign, but they started thretening me, so I signed out of fear | |
| 5% (1) | I signed only after they explained more properly | |
| 5% (1) | I refused to sign, they didnt make much fuss over it since it was my right | |
| 16% (3) | I refused to sign, which I think created more problems for me later |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- Did you have to wait some time before you were interrogated, or they started right away ?
| 16% (3) | No, not really, they interrogated me right away | |
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| 16% (3) | I had to wait for a short while ( around 15 minutes or so ) | |
| 22% (4) | I had to wait about an hour | |
| 22% (4) | About two or three hours | |
| 22% (4) | Around six hours or longer | |
| 27% (5) | I spent most of the day ( or night ) waiting to be questioned | |
| 11% (2) | I spent around 24 hours in castody, before I was questioned | |
| 22% (4) | I spent few days in castody before I was questioned | |
| 0% (0) | Few days passed, but I was not in castody during that time |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- Did you feel as if the time you had to wait was meant to be some kind of " softening " or " intimidation " tactic against you ?
| 22% (4) | No, I dont think so, the waiting was to short for any such tactic to work | |
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| 16% (3) | No, I dont think so, it just didnt feel that way | |
| 5% (1) | I never really looked at the time I had to wait from this angle, but now that I think of it, it could have been meant to make me nervous | |
| 0% (0) | If they planned to make me nervous, they failed | |
| 22% (4) | I am not sure, if the time I had to wait was meant to intimidate me or not, but I can tell you it defenatelly did | |
| 22% (4) | Yes, I think they let me wait so I become nervous and make mistakes, it worked only to some degree | |
| 33% (6) | Yes, I know (or strongly suspect ) they keep me waiting for a long time, so they can break me, I think it worked for the most part | |
| 11% (2) | My thoughts on this subject are different then any of the options ( please share them if you wish ) |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- Has any of the following happen to you while you waited for the interrogation to begin ?
| 38% (7) | I had to remain standing for most or all of the time | |
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| 11% (2) | I had to remain sitting for most or all of the time | |
| 16% (3) | I was restrained in a way that did not allow me to sit down | |
| 38% (7) | I was restrained to a chair | |
| 38% (7) | I remained handcuffed behind back for most or all of the time while I waited ( regardless if you were sitting or standing ) | |
| 22% (4) | I was restrained in some other way while I waited | |
| 72% (13) | I was fully naked while I waited | |
| 22% (4) | I was partly naked while I waited | |
| 16% (3) | I asked if I can have something to drink, but I was refused | |
| 16% (3) | They offered me something to drink while I waited | |
| 38% (7) | I was fully aware, I am waiting for an interrogation | |
| 27% (5) | I was not sure exactly what am I waiting for, but I suspected there are going to be questions very soon ( or simular ) | |
| 11% (2) | I was not really aware i am waiting for an interrogation, mostly beacouse I never expected one for the offence I was accused off, or the situation I was in ( or simular ) |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- Did you have any of the following emoutions or thoughts while you waited ?
| 11% (2) | I was mostly neutral, the whole situation didnt bother me that much | |
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| 17% (3) | I was worried, but I think I kept my emoutions under control and was mostly calm | |
| 17% (3) | I didnt really think of anything coherent, I was in to much shock or embaressmant to really think properly | |
| 29% (5) | I spend much of the time wondering if I am going to prison, and fearing about what might happen to me there | |
| 23% (4) | I was trying to decide on how to explain the situation i am in to my parents | |
| 5% (1) | I spent much of the time trying to figure how I got myself into all the trouble and rewinding the events over and over in my head | |
| 41% (7) | I knew I was in trouble, and I expected consequencies, but I treied to use the time constractivelly by deciding what am I going to say or not say to the interrogator | |
| 35% (6) | I was wrongly accused, so I spent much of the time thinking about how to convince them in my innocence | |
| 17% (3) | I spent much of the time trying to think up lies or semi thruths | |
| 23% (4) | I was worried more for someone else who was also there to be questioned, rather then for myself |
17 voters have answered this question.
-- Were you able to see or hear the interrogation of others, before it was your turn ?
| 37% (6) | No, I was not able at all to see or hear anything, even though there were others who were interrogated before I was | |
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| 0% (0) | I was not able to see or hear anything, however, someone else, who was questioned before it was my turn, told me some of the detailes of what happened | |
| 0% (0) | I was the first one to be interrogated, so there was no one to see, however I think others were able to overhear or see what was happening to me | |
| 25% (4) | I could hear their voices and / or some yelling, but I couldnt make much of what was said or done | |
| 18% (3) | Yes, I could hear much of what was said or done, while I waited | |
| 12% (2) | Yes I could hear much of what was said or happening, and I think they allowed this on perpose to make me more nervous ( or simular ) | |
| 18% (3) | I was able to see some of what was happening thru an open door ( or simular ) | |
| 37% (6) | I was interrogated together with another person(s), so yes each of us could see what happened to the other | |
| 31% (5) | I knew well or relatively well, the person(s) whos questioning I could hear or see | |
| 12% (2) | I did not really know the person(s) whos questioning I could hear | |
| 25% (4) | Not knowing what is happening to the others made me more nervous | |
| 18% (3) | Knowing what was happening to the others made me more nervous | |
| 6% (1) | Knowing what was happening to the others eased my fears since I realized the questioning is not going to be a big deal | |
| 6% (1) | Some of what was said here is relevant to my case, but none of the options really apply ( please explain if you wish ) |
16 voters have answered this question.
-- How many times you were interrogated so far in your life ?
| 16% (3) | Just once | |
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| 5% (1) | I was arrested / detained more then once, but there is only one occasion I can easily describe as interrogation | |
| 11% (2) | Twice so far | |
| 22% (4) | Three times | |
| 27% (5) | About five times or more | |
| 38% (7) | I was interrogated twice or more times during ONE single time I was in castody |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- Which one of the following descriptions, is closest to how the interrogation room (or the place where you were interrogated looked like ?
| 11% (2) | Just a normal averige office | |
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| 22% (4) | It looked much like a doctors office | |
| 16% (3) | A jail cell | |
| 16% (3) | The room looked a bit like a jail cell, but I think it was not a jail cell | |
| 33% (6) | The place had bare gray walls, a table I was sitting on one side, the interrogator on the other side | |
| 11% (2) | There was a chair in the middle where i was sitting, the interrogator moved around | |
| 22% (4) | There were one or two chairs, but they were for the interrogator, I had to remain standing or in some other position | |
| 5% (1) | It looked to me as if the place used to be some sort of storige or maintenence room, which was now used for the perpose of interrogations | |
| 16% (3) | The place ( regardless of how it looked ) was in a more isolated part of the building | |
| 50% (9) | The place was in the basemant of the building | |
| 16% (3) | The place where I was interrogated contained objects such as pipes, rails, hooks etc. which they utilized to restrain me to, though they were not specifically placed there for that perpose | |
| 55% (10) | The place where I was interrogated was equipped with diffferent objects, specifically designed and placed there for a person to be restrained to | |
| 50% (9) | I was suprised, and became uneasy, when I first saw those restrainmant implemants | |
| 27% (5) | I admit, I was a bit curios, or intrigued in some ways, when i first saw those items for restrainmant ( or simular ) | |
| 11% (2) | I want to describe the place where I was questioned myself ( please do so here, you can go in some details if you wish ) |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- What of the following is a best describes the interrogation you went thru ?
| 11% (2) | The interrogation was a fairly short and simple affair, where nothing was done to intimidate me or make me uncomfortable | |
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| 5% (1) | That was my first ( or only ) time to be in such a situation, so while they did nothing on perpose to make me fearful, I still somehow felth uncomfortable or uneasy to be there | |
| 11% (2) | I underwent a prolonged interrogation, with some tough questions for me to answer. So while nothing was done on perpose to meke me uncomfortable, I still consider it to have been somewhat intimidating | |
| 5% (1) | While little or nothing was done phisically, to make me uncomfortable, I still consider it serios and intimidating interrogation | |
| 22% (4) | The interrogation I went thru was not particulary scary, but it was very humiliating for me | |
| 44% (8) | I underwent a very serios scary and humiliating interrogation | |
| 55% (10) | I underwent a very humiliating, scary, and at times even painful interrogation | |
| 55% (10) | At least at times, what I went thru bordered on torture | |
| 11% (2) | My openion is different then any of the options |
18 voters have answered this question.
-- What, if any, of the following happened to you while the interrogation was going on, and for what reason ?
| 43% (7) | The interrogator yelled at me, while slamming a book or some other object on the table in front of him | |
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| 75% (12) | I was adressed in a degrading way | |
| 25% (4) | The interrogator made thretening moves, as if he / she is about to hit me | |
| 18% (3) | Water was poured or sprayed over me | |
| 18% (3) | The chair i was sitting on was kicked or turned around violently | |
| 25% (4) | At some point I was ordered to stand up and remain standing until I am told otherwise | |
| 62% (10) | I was ordered to assume a specific position on at least one occasion ( kneeling, standing with legs parted etc. ) | |
| 75% (12) | I was restrained in a specific or unussual position(s) | |
| 50% (8) | I was hit at least once | |
| 37% (6) | My hair was pulled violently | |
| 12% (2) | An electric prod, or other simular instrument was descarged near me in a thretening way ( but was not used on me ) | |
| 43% (7) | They used an electric prod, or another simular instrument to shock me at least once | |
| 56% (9) | Something else physically painful or uncomfortable was done to me at least once | |
| 43% (7) | Some of the things I indicated, happened to me every time I refused to answer a question , or they didnt like the answer | |
| 31% (5) | Some of the things I indicated above, happened to me every time I did not know the answer, or was not able to answer for some other reason | |
| 18% (3) | Some of the things happened, when i tried to tell them an obvios lie | |
| 25% (4) | Some of the things i indicated happened for no apperant reason, or reasons I do not consider valid | |
| 12% (2) | Some of those things happened for some other reason |
16 voters have answered this question.
-- If you were NOT restrained in any way while the interrogation went on, did you then have to hold any of the following ( or simular ) position(s) ?
| 7% (1) | I was not required to hold any specific position, however I had to remain standing for most or all of the time | |
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| 23% (3) | Standing, legs spread, hands hanging beside me | |
| 61% (8) | Standing, legs parted, hands held behind my head or neck | |
| 53% (7) | Standing, arms held high up in the air | |
| 46% (6) | Standing, arms and legs spread, supporting myselg on a wall in front of me | |
| 30% (4) | Standing and leaning over a chair or table | |
| 30% (4) | Sitting, hands held behind head or neck | |
| 38% (5) | Sitting, holding hands behind back | |
| 23% (3) | Kneeling, holding hands behind head or neck | |
| 7% (1) | Sitting on the floor, holding hands behind head or neck | |
| 38% (5) | I had to hold myself in some other position | |
| 23% (3) | I was facing the wall, or away from the interrogator while I held the positon I indicated | |
| 38% (5) | I had to assume the position I indicated, at the start of the questioning | |
| 23% (3) | I was ordered to assume the position(s) I indicated later during the interrogation | |
| 30% (4) | I was very suprised and upset when i was ordfered to assume one of those positions | |
| 7% (1) | I knew such things happen, but I didnt really expect it to happen to me | |
| 38% (5) | The position(s) I indicated became stressful for me almost from the begining | |
| 30% (4) | It took about 15 to 20 minutes before I became really tired or stressed in those position(s) | |
| 46% (6) | Sometimes I was hit when I changed the position or refused to hold it | |
| 46% (6) | Others, who were also there to be interrogated had to hold the same or simular positions | |
| 23% (3) | At least in part, my cooperation was obtained thru the descomfort of the position(s) I had to remain in |
13 voters have answered this question.
-- Were you restrained in any of the following ( or simular ) ways while the interrogation was going on ?
| 13% (2) | Standing, handcuffed in front | |
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| 40% (6) | Standing, handcuffed behind back | |
| 13% (2) | Standing, handcuffed to a low object located behind me | |
| 40% (6) | Standing, wrists secured together over my head | |
| 60% (9) | Standing, arms spread over head, each wrist secured separatelly | |
| 66% (10) | Standing, arms and legs spread, each wrist and ankle secured separatelly | |
| 6% (1) | Standing, restrained in some other way | |
| 20% (3) | At some point, I was suspended by my wrists off the floor | |
| 6% (1) | Sitting, handcuffed in front | |
| 26% (4) | Sitting handcuffed behind back (not behind the backrest, just behind your back ) | |
| 33% (5) | Sitting, handcuffed behind the backrest of a chair | |
| 6% (1) | Invrted sitting on a chair, chest against the backrest, my hands cuffed behind back | |
| 13% (2) | Secured to a chair by the use of belts ( handcuffs were not used at all ) | |
| 20% (3) | Sitting, arms over head, wrists secured together | |
| 13% (2) | Sitting on the floor, handcuffed behind back | |
| 46% (7) | Kneeling, handcuffed behind back | |
| 20% (3) | Kneeling, handcuffed over head | |
| 66% (10) | Restrained to a gyno chair | |
| 46% (7) | Tied down to a a bed ot table, wrists and ankles secured to the corners of the table ( or other simular set ups ) | |
| 13% (2) | I was restrained in some other way, not covered by any of the options | |
| 66% (10) | They primeraly used standard metal handcuffs | |
| 53% (8) | Plastic zip ties | |
| 20% (3) | Leather or rubber belts or shackles | |
| 26% (4) | Shackles, attached permanently to a wall | |
| 13% (2) | Other restraints | |
| 20% (3) | In addition to the restraints I was also hooded | |
| 13% (2) | In addition to the restraints I was also blindfolded |
15 voters have answered this question.
-- Please select anything applying to you, in case you were restrained in any of the above described ( or simular ) ways
| 42% (6) | I was already restrained the way I indicated, when the interrogation started | |
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| 35% (5) | I was restrained in the position(s) I indicated, later during the questioning | |
| 64% (9) | They kept putting me in an incresingly uncomfortable / humiliating positions , as the interrogation progressed | |
| 35% (5) | The way I was restrained was not painful, but very uncomfortable | |
| 28% (4) | It was not painful at first, but later it started to be | |
| 35% (5) | The way they restrained me, became painful for me very soon | |
| 21% (3) | Despite the descomfort, the restraints created, I understood why they are necessery, and accepted their use | |
| 21% (3) | I did not agree with their use, or the way they were applied, but I was to afraid to say much, or anything , about it | |
| 21% (3) | After I tolerated them for a while, I started to complain, but i was ignored, yelled at, or was just told they are necessery | |
| 7% (1) | I complained about the use of the restraints since the begining, but I was ignored or told they are necessery | |
| 35% (5) | I was hit when I complained about the restraints | |
| 35% (5) | I did my best, not to show them how embarresed I am, to be in the position I indicated | |
| 21% (3) | I was aware they dont hesetate to keep people restrained uncomfortably, so was not very suprised when it happened to me | |
| 21% (3) | I knew they sometimes use uncomfortable restraints, but I havent really expected it to happen to me | |
| 28% (4) | I was shocked when I realized in this day and age they still use restraints so much and so liberally | |
| 14% (2) | I was not suprised so much by the restraints, as I was by the fact they are still using them even though I cooperated fully and never created any problems for them | |
| 14% (2) | I became aroused by the restraints or the way they were used ( this did not bother me much ) | |
| 57% (8) | I became aroused by the restraints or the way they were used ( I was suprised and ashamed of it ) | |
| 71% (10) | There were other individuals there ( present, or who told me later ) who were restrained in the same or simular ways as I was | |
| 78% (11) | I still had visible marks left by the restraints, after I was released | |
| 42% (6) | This is the first time anyone is asking me about such details related to the restraints |
14 voters have answered this question.
-- Please select any of the following, if you were hit while the interrogation was going on :
| 7% (1) | I was hit just once or twice | |
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| 15% (2) | Several times | |
| 69% (9) | Many times | |
| 38% (5) | I was hit at least a few times when I could not answer a question, or they thought I am telling lies | |
| 30% (4) | I was hit at least a few times when i refused to answer a question, or tried to tell them a lie | |
| 38% (5) | As I saw it, there was not a specific reason, I was hit occasionally to keep me cooperating ( or simular ) | |
| 7% (1) | I was not hit very hard, I think it was more to scare me, then to hurt me | |
| 30% (4) | I was not hit to hard, I think they didnt want to leave marks | |
| 46% (6) | Few times I was hit real hard | |
| 23% (3) | I was not just hit now and then, in my openion I was beaten hard | |
| 15% (2) | I was hit on my head | |
| 61% (8) | On my face | |
| 76% (10) | Across my chest | |
| 30% (4) | Across my back | |
| 53% (7) | On my belly | |
| 53% (7) | On my bottocks or feet | |
| 15% (2) | Over the soles of my feet | |
| 76% (10) | I was hit by an open hand | |
| 15% (2) | By a fist | |
| 38% (5) | I was kicked | |
| 30% (4) | I was hit by a police baton or stick | |
| 61% (8) | A wooden or bamboo cane | |
| 38% (5) | A rubber hose or a simular item | |
| 69% (9) | A leather belt or a simular item | |
| 15% (2) | I was hit by some other object | |
| 23% (3) | There were some marks and bruises on my body when the interrogation ended, but by the time i was released from castody most of them faded completelly | |
| 46% (6) | When I was released from castody, I still had some marks or bruises left on my body | |
| 46% (6) | There was someone else there, who was hit or beaten in my presence | |
| 53% (7) | There were other people I know, who told me later, they were also hit at least a few times while questioned |
13 voters have answered this question.
-- What was your reaction when you were hit, and did you even expect such a thing to happen ?
| 30% (4) | I started crying, after I was hit once or twice | |
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| 7% (1) | I started crying, after they hit me several times | |
| 46% (6) | It took a while, but eventually they made me cry | |
| 7% (1) | I kind of sobbed and complained, but wasnt crying openly | |
| 0% (0) | I gasped or groaned every time I was hit, but did not cry | |
| 0% (0) | I did my best to have as little reaction as possible, not wanting to show them how much they are hurting me ( or simular ) | |
| 38% (5) | I screamed after I was hit | |
| 23% (3) | I screamed and called them all the names | |
| 30% (4) | I yelled out, telling them they have no right to do this to me, and demanded of them to stop hitting me | |
| 53% (7) | I was sweating hard | |
| 0% (0) | I wasnt hit that hard, but i was making a big drama with my crying and screaming, hoping they are just going to let me go or be leniant with me ( or simular ) | |
| 0% (0) | I suprised myself when I was able to take the beating more easily then I imagined I could | |
| 0% (0) | I was suprised and / or dessapointed in myself, when few slaps rattled me so much, I thought i am stronger then that | |
| 7% (1) | I pleaded / demanded of them to stop abusing someone else, who was also there to be questioned, and for whom I cared ( or simular ) | |
| 38% (5) | I never realized they can go as far as actually hitting me, I was totally shocked and suprised | |
| 15% (2) | I always assumed, such things might happen when they are questioning men, but I never realized it can happen to women as well | |
| 7% (1) | I became aware of it shortly before it happened to me, when I saw someone else who was also interrogated being hit or physically abused ( or simular ) | |
| 23% (3) | I knew such things happen, but I never expected to happen to me | |
| 15% (2) | I was aware they could beat or hit me during the questioning, and I was more or less expecting it to happen |
13 voters have answered this question.
-- Did you became any more cooperative, after you were hit ?
| 38% (5) | I cooperated as best as I could, but apperantly this was not enough, so they were hitting me anyway | |
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| 15% (2) | Yes, I was more cooperative after they started hitting me | |
| 15% (2) | Maybe, I was more ready to answer some questions, but not others | |
| 7% (1) | Not right away, few slaps are not enough to intimidate me, so it took them a while before I had enough and started to talk | |
| 15% (2) | No, I continued to ressist or cooperated poorly, at the time I was pleased about it, but now I think it was foolish of me | |
| 0% (0) | No, I continued to ressist, or cooperated poorly, and I am still quite pleased with myself with it | |
| 23% (3) | I had little or no idea of what they are talking about, since I was wrongly accused, so beating me couldnt change this fact anyway | |
| 15% (2) | I was wrongly accused, so after they started hitting me, I just said what they wanted me to say to stop it | |
| 0% (0) | My situation was different then any of the options |
13 voters have answered this question.
-- Did you have to go thru the interrogation, while partly or fully undressed ?
| 5% (1) | No, I was fully dressed for the entire time I was in castody, there was no even a stripsearch | |
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| 17% (3) | There was a stripsearch before, but I was fully or mostly dressed while I was interrogated | |
| 0% (0) | I was interrogated at the same time i was stripsearched | |
| 0% (0) | I was stripped down to a t shirt and shorts while I was questioned, but when I was detained, I had more clothes on | |
| 0% (0) | I was stripped topless | |
| 17% (3) | I was in my underwear | |
| 0% (0) | I had only my panties on | |
| 76% (13) | Fully naked | |
| 41% (7) | I was already undressed to the degree I indicated, when the interrogation started | |
| 17% (3) | I was already undressed to some degree at the begining, but I had to undress further at some later point while the interrogation went on | |
| 5% (1) | I was told to undress to the degree i indicated at some later point | |
| 17% (3) | I am used to being naked in public , so i undressed as I was told, with little protest or hesetation | |
| 23% (4) | I knew ressistance would be futile, so i undressed when told, even though I was embarresed, and didnt want to | |
| 23% (4) | I never expected it and I was shocked, yet i undressed with little protest or hesetation | |
| 29% (5) | I complained and protested, but soon i was undressed | |
| 23% (4) | I protested and ressisted physically, so my clothes were taken off me forcefully | |
| 5% (1) | The interrogator ( or someone else present ), forcefully removed my clothes, even though i was not restrained, and I was not ressisting much or any | |
| 23% (4) | I could not stop them from removing my clothes, since I was restrained at the time | |
| 17% (3) | At least some of my clothes were cut off me using a knife or other cutting tool | |
| 0% (0) | At the end of the interrogation I was allowed to put all or most of my clothes back on | |
| 58% (10) | At the end, I was kept naked for a while longer until they finished with some other formalities | |
| 41% (7) | There was someone else there for questioning, who was also forced to undress in a same or simular way as I was | |
| 41% (7) | Some poeple I know, told me later they were also forced to undress during their interrogation |
17 voters have answered this question.
-- How did you feel, and what was your emotional state, while the interrogation went on ?
| 5% (1) | I was mostly neutral, and didnt have any particulary strong emotions | |
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| 17% (3) | I suprised myself of how calm, and relativelly unafraid I was ( or simular ) | |
| 23% (4) | At the time I was still in to much shock and desbeleaf of what has happened to me, so I was emotionally numb | |
| 11% (2) | Annoyed or irritated | |
| 11% (2) | Angry at myself and my stupidity | |
| 0% (0) | Angry at someone else, or about the whole situation i was in | |
| 17% (3) | I think I was just confused with the whole situation , more then anything else | |
| 5% (1) | Agressive or confrontational | |
| 11% (2) | A bit worried | |
| 29% (5) | Very worried and anxious | |
| 52% (9) | I was very afraid, if not terrified | |
| 11% (2) | A little embaressed | |
| 64% (11) | Very embaressed and humiliated | |
| 41% (7) | I think that was the most humiliating event of my life | |
| 0% (0) | I was suprised and / or dessapointed with myself f0r how embarresed and worried I became, I thought to be stronger then that | |
| 11% (2) | I was sad and resigned to whatever my fate will be in the near future | |
| 23% (4) | I hoped, what was happening to me to be some sort of nightmare | |
| 17% (3) | Even now, I still find it hard to bellive, I was actually detained and harshly interrogated ( or simular ) | |
| 11% (2) | I became aroused, this did not bother me much | |
| 35% (6) | Aroused, this added to my humiliation | |
| 11% (2) | My worries or fears were more about someone else who was also there to be questioned, rather then for myself |
17 voters have answered this question.
-- Did any of the following happen, right after the interrogation ended ?
| 6% (1) | After some administrative formalities I was released with no further consequencies or obligations for me | |
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| 0% (0) | After they found out I am wrongly accused, they applogized, and released me right away | |
| 25% (4) | They never appologized after they found out I am innocent, they just told me I can go | |
| 6% (1) | After the interrogation ended, I was fined, or was obligated to pay a fine later, then I was released | |
| 18% (3) | They released me, with the obligation to appear in coart at a later date | |
| 31% (5) | I spend a few hours ( or longer ) in a jail cell, before I was released, no further consequencies | |
| 0% (0) | I spent few hours ( or longer ) in a jail cell, before I was released with the obligation to appear in coart later | |
| 18% (3) | I spent some time in a jail cell, before I was taken to coart | |
| 25% (4) | I was taken to a more uncomfortable jail cell | |
| 25% (4) | The interrogator ordered another stripsearch | |
| 43% (7) | After the interrogation ended, I was taken to a different room, where they started the physical abuse | |
| 37% (6) | I was transfered to a different location where I would be detained | |
| 6% (1) | I was taken back to my regular prison cell ( in case you were serving time in prison ) | |
| 12% (2) | I was taken to the " hole " or some other punishment cell in the prison where I served | |
| 12% (2) | After the interrogation ended, something else happened, different then any of the options |
16 voters have answered this question.
-- How did the participation in this poll make you feel ?
| 12% (2) | I didnt feel much of anything | |
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| 25% (4) | I was excited that finally someone is interested in my story | |
| 18% (3) | It felth good to be able to speak about the embarresing / scary expriance, and get it out of myself | |
| 18% (3) | The participation helped me realize, I need to talk about my expiriance, rather then hide it in myself | |
| 31% (5) | I am suprised with myself for taking the time and making the effort to participate in a poll of this sort | |
| 12% (2) | I am kind of suprised that there are people out there who are curios to know about this subject | |
| 18% (3) | I feel good if I was able to sutisfy someones curiosity | |
| 0% (0) | I feel annoyed that someone out there wants me to share such embarresing details, and yet at the same time i feel I want to talk about it | |
| 0% (0) | I felth as if i needed to spread the word on how sometimes the police can overstep their authority | |
| 6% (1) | Some of my anger / annoyance I had during the interrogation, returned | |
| 37% (6) | I was reminded of some of the fears / shame, I had during the interrogation | |
| 18% (3) | I felth as if I am somehow interrogated all over again | |
| 25% (4) | Some of the question made me replay some of the events in my head, and think of what I could have done or said differently then | |
| 43% (7) | I am very embarresed now | |
| 6% (1) | I was a victim there, and I know I am not sopposed to be embarresed to talk about it, but I am | |
| 6% (1) | I became sad |
16 voters have answered this question.
-- What is your etnicity and what country you are from ?
| 75% (12) | White | |
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| 0% (0) | Black | |
| 0% (0) | Indian | |
| 0% (0) | Asian ( Chinesse ) | |
| 6% (1) | Asian ( Other ) | |
| 0% (0) | Native Amarican | |
| 6% (1) | Latina | |
| 0% (0) | Arab | |
| 0% (0) | Middle Eastern | |
| 0% (0) | Medituranian | |
| 0% (0) | Other etnicity | |
| 6% (1) | Mixed etnicity | |
| 6% (1) | Please enter the name of your country |
16 voters have answered this question.
-- Thank you for the participation, it will be greatly appriciated. If you wish to add something you think is important, or if you want to describe what happened to you in your own words, please do so here, you can go into details, I dont mind. Please check my other polls, by clicking on my nick ( whipigorus ) bellow. All of them are on simular or related subjects. If you want to talk further on this sucject, my email is whipigorus1@yahoo.com
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This poll was created on 2018-01-14 21:16:57
by whipigorus
