Robert Nixon and Police Torture in Chicago, 1871-1971
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In 2015, Chicago became the first city in the United States to create a reparations fund for victims of police torture, after investigations revealed that former Chicago police commander Jon Burge tortured numerous suspects in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. But claims of police torture have even deeper roots in Chicago. In the late 19th century, suspects maintained that Chicago police officers put them in sweatboxes or held them incommunicado until...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0875807399
ISBN13:9780875807393
Release Date:May 2016
Publisher:Northern Illinois University Press
Length:184 Pages
Weight:0.92 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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