The myth of the out of character crime
By: Stanton E. Samenow.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780275991944
Subjects: Criminal psychology; Criminal behavior; Criminal liability
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]) and index.
Table of contents: title: The "out of character" crime; title: Thinking errors as a key to character; title: Realities about the "out of character" crime; title: Secret controllers; title: Sociological and psychological determinism: road to a deadend; title: Interviewing the defendant: the setting; title: Homicide of a husband by his wife or alter ego?; title: The defendant's view of himself or herself as a good person; title: Pretensions; title: The self as unique and irresistible; title: "I think; therefore it is"; title: The unimportance of feelings; title: The defendant's use of language; title: Having a thin skin: susceptibility to putdowns; title: The self as the center of the universe; title: Six tactics used by defendants to control interviews; title: Secret controllers: several cases; title: Can a person correct thinking errors?; title: Epilogue.