NCJ Number
2008
Date Published
1961
Length
420 pages
Annotation
A STUDY OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AND THE MIND OF THE MURDERER BASED ON PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATIONS OF OVER 100 MURDERERS IN COLORADO.
Abstract
A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT DIRECTED TO THE INTELLIGENT LAY READER WHO IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAWYER AND PSYCHIATRIST. INCLUDED ARE THE PROBLEM OF MURDER, THE MURDERER, THE VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE, THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MURDER, THE URGE TO CONFESS, PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION OF THE MURDERER, MASS MURDERERS, PORTRAIT OF A PLANE BOMBER, MELANCHOLY AND MURDER, SCHIZOPHRENIA, ORGANIC BRAIN DISEASE, CHARACTER DISORDER AND MURDER, CHILDREN WHO KILL, MENTAL DEFICIENCY AND MURDER, SEX MURDERS, FIRESETTING AND MURDER, SELF MURDER, THE INSANITY PLEA IN MURDER, THE DEATH PENALTY, THE PREVENTION OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE, HOMICIDE IN FICTION. REFERENCES