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Author Finley, Laura L.

Title The torture and prisoner abuse debate [electronic resource] / Laura L. Finley.

Imprint Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 187 p.
Series Historical guides to controversial issues in America, 1541-0021
Historical guides to controversial issues in America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-179) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Torture -- United States.
Political prisoners -- Abuse of -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780313342929 (alk. paper)
031334292X (alk. paper)

 
    
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