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Confessions of guilt : from torture to Miranda and beyond /

George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo tell the story of how the law of interrogation has moved from indifference about extreme force to concern over the slightest pressure, and back again. The history of interrogation in the Anglo-American world, they reveal, has been a swinging pendulum rather th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, George C. (George Conner), 1947-
Other Authors: Leo, Richard A., 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Police questioning > History.
Confession (Law)
Torture.
Interrogatoire policier > Histoire.
Confession (Droit)
Criminal Law.
LAW.
Criminal Procedure.
Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Police questioning
Torture
Geständnis
Vernehmung
Strafverfolgung
Polizei
USA
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo tell the story of how the law of interrogation has moved from indifference about extreme force to concern over the slightest pressure, and back again. The history of interrogation in the Anglo-American world, they reveal, has been a swinging pendulum rather than a gradual continuum of violence.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0199933308
9780199933303
9780199939060
0199939063