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The Torture and Prisoner Abuse Debate
Series: Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
 Laura L. Finley

0-313-34292-X/978-0-313-34292-9

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Troubling questions about torture and prisoner abuse—acts contrary to all our values—are probed in this valuable study of the American experience with defining the moral boundaries of the treatment of prisoners.

Reviews:
-"Laura Finley examines the legitimacy of this "original sin" argument. She outlines the considerable precedents for the use of torture in European and American history, from the Inquisition and slavery, through the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Vietnam War. The evidence is by no means limited to military and national security situations. Indeed, Finley demonstrates frequent parallels to the problems of abuse in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan in the interrogation practices of American police and the disciplinary measures used in our penal systems. She also documents the attention given to torture in American law and executive policy. In so doing, she widens the debate on prisoner abuse from the limited context of the War on Terror in question for American society at large… this exploration of the question of torture will help to widen discussion of a controversial issue." —Lawrence Looks at Books
-"This thoughtful work will capture the attention of high school students, teachers, and the public alike, offering multiple perspectives in an ongoing national debate. Highly recommended for high school, public and university libraries." —Doug's Student Reference Room
About the Author
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).
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