Minds on trial
Subtitle: great cases in law and psychology
By: Charles Patrick Ewing and Joseph T. McCann.
Contributors: McCann., Joseph T.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780195181760
Subjects: Forensic psychology -- United States -- Cases.; Forensic psychiatry -- United States -- Cases.; Insanity -- Jurisprudence -- United States -- Cases.
Genres: Cases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: George Metesky : profiling the "Mad Bomber"; title: Lee Harvey Oswald : the formative years of an assassin; title: Patricia Hearst : uncommon victim or common criminal?; title: The Guilford Four : "you did it, so why not confess?"; title: Prosenjit Poddar and Tatiana Tarasoff : where the public peril begins; title: Dan White : the myth of the twinkie defense; title: Cameron Hooker : judging the experts?; title: John W. Hinckley, Jr. : shooting for the stars; title: Judas Priest : a message in the music; title: John Demjanjuk : is he "Ivan the Terrible?"; title: The U.S.S. Iowa : equivocating on death; title: Jeffery Dahmer : serial murder, necrophilia, and cannibalism; title: Woody Allen and Mia Farrow : a swing of King Solomon's sword; title: Gary and Holly Ramona : recovered memories or false allegations?; title: Colin Ferguson : a fool for a client?; title: Ralph Tortorici : a question of competence; title: Mike Tyson : predicting violence of a professional fighter; title: Daryl Atkins : mental retardation, decency, and the death penalty; title: Andrea Yates : an American tragedy; title: Michael Kantaras : what makes a man a man?