According to Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo, a "perfect storm" of conditions can make ordinary people commit horrendous acts. Zimbardo conducted a now-famous experiment at Stanford University in 1971, involving students who posed as prisoners and guards. Five days into the experiment, Zimbardo halted the study when the student guards began abusing the prisoners, forcing them to strip naked and simulate sex acts. He illustrates this with a video at TED which has photos (Warning: Extremely graphic and definitely NSFW!) that he obtained while serving as an expert witness for an Abu Ghraib defendant. (via:Wired)
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