Robert Nixon and Police Torture in Chicago, 1871-1971 /

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"In 2015, Chicago became the first city in the United States to create a reparations fund for victims of police torture, after investigations revealed that former Chicago police commander Jon Burge tortured numerous suspects in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. But claims of police torture h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dale, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2016.
[Place of publication not identified] : 2016.
Subjects:
Torture > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Police misconduct > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Police brutality > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Police misconduct.
Torture.
Abus de la police > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
Brutalités policières > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
Abus de la police.
TRUE CRIME > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
History
Police brutality
Police misconduct
Torture
Illinois > Chicago
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Police torture in Chicago before Jon Burge
  • Police torture in Chicago, 1871-1936
  • Murder in black and white
  • On trial
  • Appeal
  • Patterns and practice, 1936-1971
  • The burden of proof.

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