Chapter Three
“They Believed They Were at War”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23567571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew S Baer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 77-106 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Beyond the Usual Beating (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7208/chicago/9780226700502.003.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W4313034678 |
| ISBN | 9780226700502 |
| Language | EN |
This chapter examines the most well-known of the Jon Burge police torture cases, that of convicted cop killer Andrew Wilson. Zooming-in to the winter of 1982, the chapter argues that public officials responding to a local emergency sanctioned the Burge torture regime and enabled its expansion.
Criminology · Human rights · Political science · Torture · Law · Psychology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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