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UNINA9910828094703321 |
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Autore |
Garbarino James |
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Titolo |
Listening to killers : lessons learned from my twenty years as a psychological expert witness in murder cases / / James Garbarino |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-28287-6 |
0-520-95874-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Murderers - United States - Psychology |
Murder - United States - Psychological aspects |
Trials (Murder) - United States |
Evidence, Expert - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Becoming an Expert Witness -- 1. The Concept of Choice in the Criminal Justice System -- 2. Keeping Killers inside Our Circle of Caring -- 3. Moral Damage: Growing Up with a War Zone Mentality -- 4. Emotional Damage: The Consequences of Unresolved Trauma -- 5. "If You're Old Enough to Do the Crime, You're Old Enough to Do the Time" -- 6. Tales of Rehabilitation, Transformation, and Redemption -- 7. Guns Don't Kill People-People with Guns Kill People -- 8. Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding and Preventing Killing in America -- Appendix: Zagar's Model -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Listening to Killers offers an inside look at twenty years' worth of murder files from Dr. James Garbarino, a leading expert psychological witness who listens to killers so that he can testify in court. The author offers detailed accounts of how killers travel a path that leads from childhood innocence to lethal violence in adolescence or adulthood. He places the emotional and moral damage of each individual killer within a larger scientific framework of social, psychological, anthropological, and biological research on human development. By linking individual |
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