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Author Thomas, George C. (George Conner), 1947-

Title Confessions of guilt : from torture to Miranda and beyond / George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Contents Introduction -- The first revolution in interrogation law : from torture to protecting autonomy -- Early interrogation law -- English interrogation law from 1674-1848 -- Early American interrogation law -- The second revolution in interrogation law : the rational approach comes of age -- The rise of rationality in the interrogation law -- The "American method" : the third degree -- The third revolution in interrogation law : Miranda's volcano : fiery, brief, dormant -- The Miranda "revolution" -- Miranda changes the confessions world -- Miranda today -- Interrogation law : the future?
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Apr. 19, 2012)
Subject Police questioning -- History
Confession (Law)
Torture.
Confession (Law)
Police questioning
Torture
Geständnis
Vernehmung
Strafverfolgung
Polizei
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Leo, Richard A., 1963-
ISBN 0199933308
9780199933303
9780199939060
0199939063