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An ethics of interrogation / Michael Skerker.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skerker, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police questioning--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Police questioning.
- Interviewing in law enforcement--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Interviewing in law enforcement.
- Legal ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The act of interrogation, and the debate over its use, pervades our culture, whether through fictionalized depictions in movies and television or discussions of real-life interrogations on the news. But despite daily mentions of the practice in the media, there is a lack of informed commentary on its moral implications. Moving beyond the narrow focus on torture that has characterized most work on the subject, An Ethics of Interrogation is the first book to fully address this complex issue. In this important new examination of a controversial subject, Michael Skerker confronts a host of philosophical..
- Contents:
- Interrogation in domestic law enforcement
- Autonomy, rights, and coercion
- The liberal state and police powers
- Plotting, suspicion, and the rights to privacy and silence
- The privilege against compelled self-incrimination
- Police interrogation
- Interrogation in international contexts
- Prisoners of war and other martial detainees
- Noncoercive interrogation
- Coercive interrogation.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612585036
- 9781282585034
- 1282585037
- 9780226761633
- 0226761630
- OCLC:
- 635292383
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