Minds on trial : 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 : 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 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 614/.15 |
| Soggetto topico: | Forensic psychology - United States |
| Forensic psychiatry - United States | |
| Insanity (Law) - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
McCannJoseph T
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| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Previously issued in print: 2006. | |
| 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: | This text details 20 court cases that turned, at least in part, on the expertise of forensic psychologists and psychiatrists. It also includes cases involved in psychological issues such as insanity, criminal profiling, capital punishment, competence to stand trial, infanticide, false confessions and psychological autopsies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Minds on trial |
| ISBN: | 0-19-773622-X |
| 0-19-988461-7 | |
| 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.: | 9910809714803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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