Minds on trial [[electronic resource] ] : great cases in law and psychology / / Charles Patrick Ewing and Joseph T. McCann
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| Autore: |
Ewing Charles Patrick <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Minds on trial [[electronic resource] ] : great cases in law and psychology / / Charles Patrick Ewing and Joseph T. McCann
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 614/.15 |
| Soggetto topico: | Forensic psychology - United States |
| Forensic psychiatry - United States | |
| Insanity (Law) - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
McCannJoseph T
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | George Metesky : profiling the "Mad Bomber" -- Lee Harvey Oswald : the formative years of an assassin -- Patricia Hearst : uncommon victim or common criminal? -- The Guilford Four : "you did it, so why not confess?" -- Prosenjit Poddar and Tatiana Tarasoff : where the public peril begins -- Dan White : the myth of the twinkie defense -- Cameron Hooker : judging the experts? -- John W. Hinckley, Jr. : shooting for the stars -- Judas Priest : a message in the music -- John Demjanjuk : is he "Ivan the Terrible?" -- The U.S.S. Iowa : equivocating on death -- Jeffery Dahmer : serial murder, necrophilia, and cannibalism -- Woody Allen and Mia Farrow : a swing of King Solomon's sword -- Gary and Holly Ramona : recovered memories or false allegations? -- Colin Ferguson : a fool for a client? -- Ralph Tortorici : a question of competence -- Mike Tyson : predicting violence of a professional fighter -- Daryl Atkins : mental retardation, decency, and the death penalty -- Andrea Yates : an American tragedy -- Michael Kantaras : what makes a man a man? |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Details 20 court cases that turned, at least in part, on the expertise of forensic psychologists and psychiatrists. This casebook also includes cases involved in psychological issues such as: insanity, criminal profiling, capital punishment, competence to stand trial, infanticide, domestic violence, false confessions and psychological autopsies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Minds on trial |
| ISBN: | 1-280-84549-X |
| 0-19-804014-8 | |
| 1-4294-0279-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458435903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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