Listening to Killers: Lessons Learned from My Twenty Years as a Psychological Expert Witness in Murder Cases
Author:   James Garbarino
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520282872


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   12 March 2015
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Author:   James Garbarino
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780520282872


ISBN 10:   0520282876
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   12 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Becoming an Expert Witness Part I Getting Close to Killers 1 The Concept of Choice in the Criminal Justice System 2 Keeping Killers inside Our Circle of Caring 3 Moral Damage: Growing Up with a War Zone Mentality 4 Emotional Damage: The Consequences of Unresolved Trauma Part II The American Way of Killing 5 If You're Old Enough to Do the Crime, You're Old Enough to Do the Time 6 Tales of Rehabilitation, Transformation, and Redemption 7 Guns Don't Kill People--People with Guns Kill People 8 Making Sense of the Senseless: Understanding and Preventing Killing in America Appendix: Zagar's Model References Index

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This book should become the definitive text on the subject. - STARRED REVIEW Library Journal


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Dr. James Garbarino holds the Maude C. Clarke Chair in Humanistic Psychology and was Founding Director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago. He was formerly Professor of Human Development at Cornell University, and he is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has served as an adviser to the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, the National Institute for Mental Health, the American Medical Association, the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the FBI. He is the author of Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them.

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