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Criminal psychology: A manual for judges, practitioners, and students presents a detailed examination of how psychological insight can strengthen the administration of justice. The book explores the mental and emotional dimensions influencing crime, evidence, and decision-making within the courtroom. It highlights how perception, memory, and bias can shape the testimonies of witnesses, the reasoning of jurors, and the judgments of legal authorities. The work underscores the necessity for legal professionals to understand human behavior, emphasizing that psychological awareness can prevent misinterpretation and improve fairness in trials. Through careful analysis, it bridges the gap between scientific observation and judicial practice, showing how internal motives and external pressures interact in shaping criminal actions. The author stresses that law and psychology must work together to uncover truth and deliver balanced justice. By uniting empirical study with moral reasoning, the text provides a framework for understanding not just the act of crime, but the complex human factors that precede and follow it, making it both instructional and reformative in purpose.

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Hans Gustav Adolf Gross was an Austrian criminal jurist and criminologist recognized as the founding figure of modern criminal profiling. Born to Josef Gross and Anna Schier on December 26, 1847, in Graz, Austria, he pursued his education at the University of Graz, where he developed an early fascination with law and human behavior. His career combined legal expertise with scientific observation, leading to the establishment of criminalistics as a distinct discipline. Gross emphasized the importance of understanding the psychological and behavioral patterns behind criminal acts to improve investigation and justice. His most influential work, Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students, integrated psychology with legal practice, shaping how evidence, testimony, and motive were analyzed. As a professor and researcher, he contributed to building the foundations of forensic science, promoting the use of empirical methods in law enforcement. His legacy continued through his son Otto Gross and through generations of criminologists who expanded upon his theories. Hans Gross died on December 9, 1915, in Graz, leaving an enduring mark on criminology and judicial science.

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