Description |
1 online resource |
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
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Confession (Law)
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Torture.
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Confession (Law)
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Police questioning
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Torture
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Geständnis
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Vernehmung
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Strafverfolgung
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Polizei
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USA
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Leo, Richard A., 1963-
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ISBN |
0199933308 |
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9780199933303 |
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9780199939060 |
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0199939063 |
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