Confessions of guilt from torture to Miranda and beyond /
Thomas, George C. 1947-
Confessions of guilt from torture to Miranda and beyond / [electronic resource] : George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199933303 (ebook) : No price 0199933308 (ebook) : No price
Police questioning--History.
Confession (Law)
Torture.
HV8073.3 / .T46 2012
363.2'54
Confessions of guilt from torture to Miranda and beyond / [electronic resource] : George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199933303 (ebook) : No price 0199933308 (ebook) : No price
Police questioning--History.
Confession (Law)
Torture.
HV8073.3 / .T46 2012
363.2'54