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The mind of the criminal : the role of developmental social cognition in criminal defense law /
In American criminal law, if a defendant demonstrates that they lack certain psychological capabilities, they may be excused of blame and punishment for wrongdoing. However, criminal defense law often fails to consider the developmental science of individual differences in ability and functioning th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- A meeting of developmental social cognition and criminal jurisprudence and law
- Developmental social cognition and antisocial behavior : theory and science
- Substandard rational capacity and criminal responsibility
- Underdeveloped rationality and wrongdoing in youth
- Moral subrationality and the propensity for wrongdoing
- Provocation interpretational bias and heat-of-passion homicide
- Reacting to perceived threats : mistaken self-defense and duress
- Developmental social cognition, the effects of chronic abuse and trauma, and reactive homicide
- Toward a more psychologically informed approach to social rationality and excusing conditions in criminal law.