Editing Stanford prison experiment (section)

=== Comparisons to Abu Ghraib ===
When [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|acts of prisoner torture and abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq]] were publicized in March 2004, Zimbardo was struck by the similarity with his own experiment. He was dismayed by official military and government representatives shifting the blame for the torture and abuses in the [[Abu Ghraib prison|Abu Ghraib]] American military prison onto "a few [[bad apples]]", rather than acknowledging the possibly systemic problems of a formally established military incarceration system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dittmann |first=Melissa |date=2004 |title=What makes good people do bad things? |url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct04/goodbad |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=apa.org}}</ref> Zimbardo was then quoted saying "I argue that we all have the capacity for love and evil—to be Mother Theresa, to be Hitler or Saddam Hussein. It's the situation that brings that out".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dittman |first=Melissa |date=2004 |title=What makes good people do bad things? |url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct04/goodbad |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=www.apa.org}}</ref>

Eventually, Zimbardo became involved with the defense team of lawyers representing one of the Abu Ghraib prison guards, Staff Sergeant [[Ivan Frederick|Ivan "Chip" Frederick]]. Zimbardo was granted full access to all investigation and background reports, and he testified as an [[expert witness]] in Frederick's [[court martial]]. The trial resulted in an eight-year prison sentence for Frederick in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|last2=|last3=|first3=|last4=|last5=|last6=|last7=|last8=|first8=|last9=|date=October 21, 2004|title=Top-Ranked Abu Ghraib Soldier Gets 8 Years in Prison|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-102104abughraib_lat-story.html|access-date=August 19, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

Zimbardo drew from his participation in the Frederick case to write the book ''[[The Lucifer Effect|The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil]]'', which deals with the similarities between his own Stanford prison experiment and the Abu Ghraib abuses.