- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (9 Feb 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 047001508X
- ISBN-13: 978-0470015087
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,063,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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, crime–related amnesia, crime–related brain activation, detecting lies and deceit and interviewing techniques.
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Claims of amnesia for violent and sexual crimes are extremely common as guilty suspects often allege memory loss to avoid punishment. The important issue in each case then becomes whether such memory loss is genuine or feigned. Offenders’ Memories of Violent Crimes takes a different approach to the subject by focussing not on eyewitness or bystander testimonies, but on the testimonies of the offenders, or, more specifically, offenders’ remembering and telling about their violent crimes.
The book will explore offenders’ memories with particular emphasis on theory and empirical research on such topics as memorial patterns in perpetrators, instrumental and reactive offenders, crime–related amnesia, crime–related brain activation, detecting lies and deceit and interviewing techniques. Organised into three parts: theoretical aspects of offenders’ memories; evaluating offenders’ memories and interviewing offenders, this timely volume will further the understanding of criminal behaviour. It will be essential reading for psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, social workers and all students and practitioners of clinical psychology, forensic psychology, and law enforcement.
Published in the Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law
Series Editors:
Professor Graham Davies, University of Leicester, UK,
Professor Ray Bull, University of Leicester, UK.
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