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Offenders´ Memories of Violent Crimes
Sven A. Christianson (Ed.)
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Description for Offenders´ Memories of Violent Crimes
Paperback. Violent offenders often claim amnesia in order to avoid punishment. Investigators and juries often need to determine how genuine claims of amnesia are. Offenders with amnesia are not able to enter a plea; there are implications for the interview strategies employed by the police. Editor(s): Christianson, Sven-Ake. Series: Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: JKV; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 588.
Claims of amnesia for violent and sexual crimes are common as guilty suspects allege memory loss to avoid punishment. The key issue then becomes whether the memory loss is genuine or feigned. Offenders’ Memories of Violent Crimes takes a new approach to the subject by focusing not on eyewitness or bystander testimonies, but on the testimonies of the offenders themselves - or, more specifically, on the way they remember and relate their violent crimes. Under the guidance of Sven Christianson, expert contributors explore offenders’ memories with particular emphasis on theory and empirical research across areas such as memorial patterns, instrumental and reactive offenders, ... Read more
Claims of amnesia for violent and sexual crimes are common as guilty suspects allege memory loss to avoid punishment. The key issue then becomes whether the memory loss is genuine or feigned. Offenders’ Memories of Violent Crimes takes a new approach to the subject by focusing not on eyewitness or bystander testimonies, but on the testimonies of the offenders themselves - or, more specifically, on the way they remember and relate their violent crimes. Under the guidance of Sven Christianson, expert contributors explore offenders’ memories with particular emphasis on theory and empirical research across areas such as memorial patterns, instrumental and reactive offenders, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470015087
SKU
V9780470015087
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About Sven A. Christianson (Ed.)
Sven Å. Christianson is a Professor of Psychology, Ph.D., Chartered Psychologist, and chief of the Research Unit for Forensic Psychology, at the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Sundsvall Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Sweden. Dr Christianson has authored or co-authored over one hundred papers published in peer reviewed psychological and medical journals and anthologies, ... Read more
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