The Torture and Prisoner Abuse Debate

By:

Laura L Finley

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Hardback

Series:

Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America

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Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans. Nevertheless, it has been argued that the high stakes of the War on Terror have made the protections offered by the Conventions obsolete, or that the abuses are the work of a few rogue soldiers and officers. This book reaches past the headlines into the historical record to document POW torture and also domestic prisoner abuse dating well back in our history as well as government and military knowledge of and collusion in such ostensibly illegal and reprehensible acts. Is torture and prisoner abuse justified in the name of some greater good? As a society we shall have to decide. The historical record presented here can contribute much to an informed national discussion. Timeline anchoring the discussion in time and place Bibliography of print and Internet resources guiding further exploration of the subject Charts and tables analyzing complex data, including survey results

Author Biography:

Laura L. Finley teaches in the Department of Women's Studies at Florida Atlantic University and was formerly Director of Social Change at Women in Distress, the only domestic violence agency in Broward County, Florida. Dr. Finley is the author of Juvenile Justice (2007) in Greenwood's Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America series and editor of Encyclopedia of Juvenile Violence (Greenwood Press, 2006).

Release date NZ

August 1st, 2008

Author

Laura L Finley

Audience

Further/Higher Education

Pages

200

Series

Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America

Dimensions

155x235x20

ISBN-13

9780313342929

Product ID

2758723

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