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Confessions of guilt [electronic resource] : from torture to Miranda and beyond / George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo.
By: Thomas, George C. (George Conner)
.Contributor(s): Leo, Richard A.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199933303 (ebook) :; 0199933308 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Police questioning -- History | Confession (Law) | TortureAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780195338935DDC classification: 363.2'54 Online 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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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
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.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.