MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01558cam a2200253 a 4500
001 2007027850
003 DLC
005 20090701094207.0
008 070716s2007 ctu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007027850
020 $a9780275991944 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHV6080$b.S224 2007
082 00 $a364.3$222
100 1 $aSamenow, Stanton E.,$d1941-
245 14 $aThe myth of the out of character crime /$cStanton E. Samenow.
260 $aWestport, CT :$bPraeger,$cc2007.
300 $avi, 176 p. ;$c24 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 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.
650 0 $aCriminal psychology.
650 0 $aCriminal behavior.
650 0 $aCriminal liability.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0802/2007027850.html