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The torture and prisoner abuse debate / Laura L. Finley.

By: Series: Historical guides to controversial issues in AmericaPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.Description: 187 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780313342929 (alk. paper)
  • 031334292X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.67 22
LOC classification:
  • HV8599.U6 F56 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : describing the problem -- Torture and its origins -- Prison abuse in the U.S. pre-civil rights era -- The Central Intelligence Agency and torture -- Domestic prison abuse today -- Abuse in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- Summing up the torture debate -- Timeline of significant events in the history of torture and prisoner abuse.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV8599 .U6 F56 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001076032

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-179) and index.

Introduction : describing the problem -- Torture and its origins -- Prison abuse in the U.S. pre-civil rights era -- The Central Intelligence Agency and torture -- Domestic prison abuse today -- Abuse in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- Summing up the torture debate -- Timeline of significant events in the history of torture and prisoner abuse.

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