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BL
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1024623
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b778993
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| Main Entry
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Samenow, Stanton E.,1941-
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| Title & Author
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The myth of the out of character crime /\ Stanton E. Samenow.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, CT :: Praeger,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (vi, 176 pages)
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| ISBN
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0313083592
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: 9780313083594
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0275991946
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9780275991944
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Includes bibliographical references (page 173) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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Explores and explains "out of character crimes" and the people who commit them.
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Criminal behavior.
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Criminal liability.
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Criminal psychology.
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Criminal behavior.
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Criminal liability.
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Criminal psychology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.3
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HV6080.S224 2007eb
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