The torture and prisoner abuse debate /

Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the high stakes of the War on Terror have made the protections offered by the Conventions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finley, Laura L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
Colección:Historical guides to controversial issues in America.
Temas:
Torture > United States.
Political prisoners > Abuse of > United States.
Torture > États-Unis.
Violence envers les prisonniers politiques > États-Unis.
Prisonniers politiques > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Political prisoners > Abuse of
Torture
Politischer Gefangener
Folter
Misshandlung
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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