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The myth of the out of character crime /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Samenow, Stanton E., 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, CT : Praeger, [2007]
Subjects:
Criminal psychology.
Criminal behavior.
Criminal liability.
Table of Contents:
  • The "out of character" crime
  • Thinking errors as a key to character
  • Realities about the "out of character" crime
  • Secret controllers
  • Sociological and psychological determinism: road to a deadend
  • Interviewing the defendant: the setting
  • Homicide of a husband by his wife or alter ego?
  • The defendant's view of himself or herself as a good person
  • Pretensions
  • The self as unique and irresistible
  • "I think; therefore it is"
  • The unimportance of feelings
  • The defendant's use of language
  • Having a thin skin: susceptibility to putdowns
  • The self as the center of the universe
  • Six tactics used by defendants to control interviews
  • Secret controllers: several cases
  • Can a person correct thinking errors?
  • Epilogue.