Confessions of guilt [electronic resource] : from torture to Miranda and beyond /
by Thomas, George C. (George Conner); Leo, Richard A.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199933303 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Police questioning -- History | Confession (Law) | TortureOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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