Format:
Book
Author(s):
Conroy, John
Keyword(s):
Torture -- Case studies.
Police brutality -- Case studies.
Political persecution -- Case studies.
Martelen.
Politie.
Year:
2000
Publisher:
Knopf
Accession number:
41445679
Label:
Box 130
Notes:
1st ed.
25 cm.
Belfast: the five techniques -- Israel: night of the broken clubs -- Chicago: getting confessions -- History and method -- Belfast : "no brutality of any kind" -- Israel: a dangerous report -- Chicago: "the pain stays in your head" -- Torturers -- Belfast: Ireland vs. the U.K. -- Israel: the court-martial -- Chicago: informants -- Victims -- Belfast: life sentences -- Israel: "The next step is to God" -- Chicago: the public is not aroused -- Bystanders.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-290) and index.
Other format available: Online version:; Conroy, John, 1951-; Unspeakable acts, ordinary people.; 1st ed.; New York : Knopf, 2000
John Conroy.
Internet resource (url)
Book; Internet Resource
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Language:
English
ISBN:
ISBN: 0679419187; 9780679419181; LCCN: 99-28509
Abstract:
Investigates three incidents of torture in the Western world, in Chicago, Israel, and Northern Ireland.