Torture and Prisoner Abuse Debate

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).

• Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction: Describing the Problem Chapter 2: Torture and Its Origins Chapter 3: Prison Abuse in the U.S. Pre-Civil Rights Era Chapter 4: The Central Intelligence Agency and Torture Chapter 5: Domestic Prison Abuse Today Chapter 6: Abuse at Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq Chapter 7: Summing It Up Appendix: Timeline of Significant Events in the History of Torture and Prisoner Abuse Further Readings Bibliography

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