The torture and prisoner abuse debate / Laura L. Finley.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Historical guides to controversial issues in America.
Main Author: Finley, Laura L.
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
Series:Historical guides to controversial issues in America.
Subjects:
Torture > United States.
Political prisoners > Abuse of > United States.
Physical Description:187 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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.