The mind of the criminal : the role of developmental social cognition in criminal defense law /

"This book discusses the excusing nature of both traditional and nontraditional criminal law defenses and questions the structure of these defenses based on scientific findings from social and developmental psychology"--

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Main Author: Fontaine, Reid Griffith, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
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245 1 4 |a The mind of the criminal :  |b the role of developmental social cognition in criminal defense law /  |c Reid Griffith Fontaine 
260 |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2012 
300 |a xv, 264 pages ;  |c 24 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 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 
520 |a "This book discusses the excusing nature of both traditional and nontraditional criminal law defenses and questions the structure of these defenses based on scientific findings from social and developmental psychology"--  |c Provided by publisher 
520 |a "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 that may inform jurisprudential issues of rational capacity and responsibility in criminal law. This book discusses the excusing nature of a range of both traditional and nontraditional criminal law defenses and questions the structure of these defenses based on scientific findings from social and developmental psychology. This book explores how research on individual differences in the development of social perception, judgment, and decision making explain why some youths and adults develop psychological tendencies that favor criminal behavior, and considers how developmental science can guide the understanding of criminal excuses and affirmative defense law."--  |c Provided by publisher 
650 0 |a Defense (Criminal procedure)  |z United States 
650 0 |a Insanity (Law)  |z United States 
650 0 |a Criminal psychology  |z United States 
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