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Author Ewing, Charles Patrick, 1949-

Title Minds on trial [electronic resource] : great cases in law and psychology / Charles Patrick Ewing and Joseph T. McCann.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Description x, 292 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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?
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Forensic psychology -- United States -- Cases.
Forensic psychiatry -- United States -- Cases.
Insanity (Law) -- United States -- Cases.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author McCann, Joseph T.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 019518176X
9780195181760

 
    
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