Murderous minds on trial : terrible tales from a forensic psychiatrist's case book / Stanley Semrau and Judy Gale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Semrau, Stanley, author.

Gale, Judy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal psychology--Canada.

Criminal psychology.

Criminal behavior--Canada.

Criminal behavior.

Forensic psychiatry--Canada.

Forensic psychiatry.

Insanity defense--Canada.

Insanity defense.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Oxford, England : The Dundurn Group, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Forensic psychiatrist Stanley Semrau takes us through some of the most dreadful stories from his own career and from historical sources.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Disclaimer; Introduction; I: The Insanity Defence; Chapter One - Mixed Signals; Chapter Two - The Refugee's Story; Chapter Three - Defining Moments; Chapter Four - Dial "Me" for Murder; Chapter Five - Death Will Save Your Life; Chapter Six - Not a Simple Case of Road Rage; Chapter Seven - Murder at the B&B; Chapter Eight - Can I Take You for a Ride?; II: The Intoxication Defence; Chapter Nine - Poor Choice of Movies; Chapter Ten - Just Like Dad; Chapter Eleven - Bad Spirits; III: Automatism and Provocation Defences; Chapter Twelve - The Neighbour from Hell

Chapter Thirteen - "Is He CRAZY?!"Chapter Fourteen - A Tale of Two Little Old Ladies; Chapter Fifteen - A Sort of Frantic Night; IV: Verdicts and Sentencing; Chapter Sixteen - A Jealous Wife; Chapter Seventeen - Something She Forgot to Mention; Chapter Eighteen - Big Boy; V: Sentence Administration; Chapter Nineteen - The Ultimate; Chapter Twenty - Virtual Reality Murder; Chapter Twenty-One - Release: Safety, Politics or Medicine?; The Psychiatrist's Prescription

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612814464

9781282814462

128281446X

9781550029871

1550029878

9781417595358

1417595353

OCLC:

245555922