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LEADER: 02167cam 22003974a 4500
001 9920335950001661
005 20150423125511.0
008 070716s2007 ctu b 001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)156784836
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100 1 $aSamenow, Stanton E.,$d1941-
245 14 $aThe myth of the out of character crime /$cStanton E. Samenow.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bPraeger,$c2007.
300 $avi, 176 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]) and index.
505 0 $aThe "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 dead end -- 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.
650 0 $aCriminal psychology.
650 0 $aCriminal behavior.
650 0 $aCriminal liability.
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0007333494
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938 $aBlackwell Book Service$bBBUS$nR2673559$c$44.95
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