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Minds on Trial : Great Cases in Law and Psychology

ISBN: 9780195181760 | 019518176X
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 3/16/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
Charles Patrick Ewing is Distinguished Service Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

In recent years, the public has become increasingly fascinated with the criminal mind. Television series centered on courtroom trials, criminal investigations, and forensic psychology are more popular than ever. More and more people are interested in the American system of justice and the individuals who experience it firsthand. Minds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology gives you an inside view of 20 of ... MORE
INTRODUCTION3(112)
1 GEORGE METESKY
Profiling the "Mad Bomber"
7(12)
2 LEE HARVEY... MORE
The Formative Years of an Assassin
19(12)
3 PATRICIA HEARST
Uncommon Victim or Common Criminal?
31(14)
4 THE GUILDFORD FOUR
"You Did It, So Why Not Confess?"
45(12)
5 PROSENJIT PODDAR AND TATIANA TARASOFF
Where the Public Peril Begins
57(12)
6 DAN WHITE
The Myth of the Twinkie Defense
69(12)
7 CAMERON HOOKER
Judging the Experts?
81(10)
8 JOHN W. HINCKLEY, JR.
Shooting for the Stars
91(12)
9 JUDAS PRIEST
A Message in the Music
103(12)
10 JOHN DEMJANJUK
Is He "Ivan the Terrible"?
115(14)
11 THE USS IOWA
Equivocating on Death
129(12)
12 JEFFREY DAHMER
Serial Murder, Necrophilia, and Cannibalism
141(12)
13 WOODY ALLEN AND MIA FARROW
A Swing of King Solomon's Sword
153(12)
14 GARY AND HOLLY RAMONA
Recovered Memories or False Allegations?
165(12)
15 COLIN FERGUSON
A Fool for a Client?
177(14)
16 RALPH TORTORICI
A Question of Competence
191(14)
17 MIKE TYSON
Predicting the Violence of a Professional Fighter
205(12)
18 DARYL ATKINS
Mental Retardation, Decency, and the Death Penalty
217(12)
19 ANDREA YATES
An American Tragedy
229(12)
20 MICHAEL KANTARAS
What Makes a Man a Man?
241(12)
EPILOGUE253(4)
NOTES257(26)
INDEX283


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