Confessions of guilt : from torture to Miranda and beyond

Confessions of guilt : from torture to Miranda and beyond / George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo.

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 th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, George C. (George Conner), 1947-
Other Authors: Leo, Richard A., 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Police questioning > History.
Confession (Law)
Torture.
Police questioning
Torture
Geständnis
Vernehmung
Strafverfolgung
Polizei
USA
History
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Table of 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?

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