Finley, Laura L.

The torture and prisoner abuse debate [electronic resource] / Laura L. Finley. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008. - 187 p. - Historical guides to controversial issues in America, 1541-0021 . - Historical guides to controversial issues in America. .

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.





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Torture--United States.
Political prisoners--Abuse of--United States.


Electronic books.

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