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Author Conroy, John, 1951-

Title Unspeakable acts, ordinary people : the dynamics of torture / John Conroy.

Imprint New York : Knopf, 2000.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  323.49 C764u    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xi, 304 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-290) and index.
Contents Belfast : the five techniques -- Israel : night of the broken clubs -- Chicago : getting confessions -- History and method -- Belfast : "no brutality of any kind" -- Israel : a dangerous report -- Chicago : "the pain stays in your head" -- Torturers -- Belfast : Ireland vs. the U.K. -- Israel : the court-martial -- Chicago : informants -- Victims -- Belfast : life sentences -- Israel : "The next step is to God" -- Chicago : the public is not aroused -- Bystanders.
Subject Torture -- Case studies.
Police -- Complaints against -- Case studies.
Political persecution -- Case studies.
ISBN 0679419187

 
    
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