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The myth of the out of character crime
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The myth of the out of character crime

Author: Stanton E Samenow
Publisher: Westport, CT : Praeger, ©2007.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stanton E Samenow
ISBN: 9780275991944 0275991946
OCLC Number: 156784836
Description: vi, 176 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The "out of character" crime -- Thinking errors as a key to character -- Realities about the "out of character" crime -- Secret controllers -- Sociological and psychological determinism: road to a deadend -- Interviewing the defendant: the setting -- Homicide of a husband by his wife or alter ego? -- The defendant's view of himself or herself as a good person -- Pretensions -- The self as unique and irresistible -- "I think; therefore it is" -- The unimportance of feelings -- The defendant's use of language -- Having a thin skin: susceptibility to putdowns -- The self as the center of the universe -- Six tactics used by defendants to control interviews -- Secret controllers: several cases -- Can a person correct thinking errors? -- Epilogue.
Responsibility: Stanton E. Samenow.
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