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Author Paradis, Cheryl.

Title The measure of madness : inside the disturbed and disturbing criminal mind / Cheryl Paradis ; [foreword by Katherine Ramsland].

Imprint New York : Citadel Press, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  364.3 P211m 2010    ---  Available
Description [xv], 272 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-264) and index.
Summary Paradis draws back the curtain on the fascinating world of forensic psychology and revisits the most notorious and puzzling cases she has handled in her multifaceted career.--Introduction.
Contents The widower walks away -- A botched suicide -- The butcher of Tompkins Square Park -- The alien invasion and other delusions -- The women who wept -- The man who knew too little -- The brain chip -- The good samaritan -- A descendant of British royalty -- The arsonist -- The dutiful son -- The lost boys -- Fakers?
Subject Criminal psychology.
Violent crimes -- Psychological aspects.
Forensic psychology.
Forensic psychology -- Case studies.
Added Author Ramsland, Katherine M., 1953-
ISBN 9780806531052 (pbk.)
0806531053 (pbk.k)
9780806534169 (e-book)
0806534168 (e-book)

 
    
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