Green Doors
Green Doors looks to prevent and end homelessness in Central Texas and provides services in hopes of accomplishing their goals.
Resources in: English
“Torture at Abu Ghraib”
Read a May 10, 2004, New Yorker article on responsibility at Abu Ghraib.
“Prison Scandal: Bad Apples or Bad Policy?”
Read a May 14, 2004, article by Robert Parham in EthicsDaily.com, a publication of the Baptist Center for Ethics. It examines the “bad apples” explanation of the Abu Ghraib abuses in a Christian religious context.
Susan Grettenberger
Susan Grettenberger is social work program director at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich. She has done research for the Aspen Institute on the involvement of religious groups in providing social services. She also has done research for the for The Roundtable on Religion & Social Welfare Policy comparing secular and faith-based providers of […]
“The Schlesinger Report”
Read the official Defense Department report on the Abu Ghraib abuses, published in August 2004, particularly Appendix G on the social psychology of abusive behavior and the predictability of abuse in the right social circumstance.
“The Psychology of Power and Evil: All Power to the Person? To the Situation? To the System?”
Read an article by Philip Zimbardo about the power of evil posted on the Stanford Prison Experiment website.
“Finding Hope in Knowing the Universal Capacity for Evil”
Read a May 18, 2007, Time magazine article about Dr. Philip Zimbardo’s role in the Abu Ghraib story.
“Shell-Shocked at Abu Ghraib?”
Read a May 18, 2007, Time magazine article about Dr. Philip Zimbardo’s role in the Abu Ghraib story.
“Split verdict for Abu Ghraib interrogation chief”
Read an Aug. 28, 2007, Associated Press story about an Army officer acquitted of failing to control U.S. soldiers who abused prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq.