Minds on trial great cases in law and psychology

This text details 20 court cases that turned, at least in part, on the expertise of forensic psychologists and psychiatrists. It also includes cases involved in psychological issues such as insanity, criminal profiling, capital punishment, competence to stand trial, infanticide, false confessions an...

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Main Author: Ewing, Charles Patrick, 1949- (-)
Other Authors: McCann, Joseph T.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2006.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798129106719
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Summary:This text details 20 court cases that turned, at least in part, on the expertise of forensic psychologists and psychiatrists. It also includes cases involved in psychological issues such as insanity, criminal profiling, capital punishment, competence to stand trial, infanticide, false confessions and psychological autopsies.
Item Description:Formerly CIP.
Previously issued in print: 2006.
Physical Description:1 online resource (303 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197736227
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