Introduction
1: George Metesky: Profiling the "Mad Bomber"
2: Lee Harvey Oswald: The Formative Years of an Assassin
3: Patricia Hearst: Uncommon Victim or Common Criminal?
4: The Guilford Four: "You did it, so why not confess?"
5: Prosenjit Poddar and Tatiana Tarasoff: Where the Public Peril
Begins
6: Dan White: The Myth of the Twinkie Defense
7: Cameron Hooker: Judging the Experts?
8: John W. Hinckley, Jr.: Shooting for the Stars
9: Judas Priest: A Message in the Music
10: John Demjanjuk: Is he "Ivan the Terrible?"
11: The U.S.S. Iowa: Equivocating on Death
12: Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Murder, Necrophilia, and Cannibalism
13: Woody Allen and Mia Farrow: A Swing of King Solomon's Sword
14: Gary and Holly Ramona: Recovered Memories or False
Allegations?
15: Colin Ferguson: A Fool for a Client?
16: Ralph Tortorici: A Question of Competence
17: Mike Tyson: Predicting Violence of a Professional Fighter
18: Daryl Atkins: Mental Retardation, Decency, and the Death
Penalty
19: Andrea Yates: An American Tragedy
20: Michael Kantaras: What Makes a Man a Man?
"...a thoughtful, well-researched and especially clearly written
book that merits serious attention."--The National Psychologist
"This is a book that not only teaches, but entertains as well. The
authors, well-respected forensic mental health professionals, make
expert testimony come alive in a series of well known and not so
well known cases, providing examples of expert testimony at its
best and worst. Their analysis of the testimony proffered in these
cases should serve to remind all experts of their accountability
and the effects their opinions have on the lives of others."--
Alan
M. Goldstein, Ph.D., ABPP, Board Certified Forensic Psychologist,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice - CUNY
"Minds on Trial accomplishes a rare feat: it is both solidly
academic and utterly fascinating. Ewing and McCann present vivid
accounts of the twenty most memorable moments that psychologists
have had in the courtroom. The reader will learn a great deal about
psychology and about law from this book, not least because he or
she will not be able to put it down."-- John Monahan, Doherty
Professor of Law and Psychology, University of Virginia
"Ewing and McCann have achieved the remarkable objective of a
readable and scholarly reexamination of twenty of the most
important criminal & forensic cases. In a style as engrossing as a
good novel, they delve into defendants like Andrea Yates and
Jeffrey Dahmer and experts like Park Dietz, Elizabeth Loftus, and
Gisli Gudjonsson, and what their lives and work teach us about law,
justice, and the nature of psychiatric disorders. This terrific
combination of psychological substance and engaging writing style
illuminates personal and the professional aspects of the famous
crimes of our time. Even with cases like Tarasoff, about which I
was conversant, I
learned a great deal. I loved reading this book. Minds on Trial is
destined to be a classic. Three cheers for this wonderful book!"--
Stanley L. Brodsky, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, The
University of Alabama
"Minds on Trial...provides a thoughtful and interesting review of
the sometimes controversial role of expert psychological
evidence."--Applied Cognitive Psychology
"...a thoughtful, well-researched and especially clearly written
book that merits serious attention."--The National Psychologist
"This is a book that not only teaches, but entertains as well. The
authors, well-respected forensic mental health professionals, make
expert testimony come alive in a series of well known and not so
well known cases, providing examples of expert testimony at its
best and worst. Their analysis of the testimony proffered in these
cases should serve to remind all experts of their accountability
and the effects their opinions have on the lives of others."--
Alan
M. Goldstein, Ph.D., ABPP, Board Certified Forensic Psychologist,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice - CUNY
"Minds on Trial accomplishes a rare feat: it is both solidly
academic and utterly fascinating. Ewing and McCann present vivid
accounts of the twenty most memorable moments that psychologists
have had in the courtroom. The reader will learn a great deal about
psychology and about law from this book, not least because he or
she will not be able to put it down."-- John Monahan, Doherty
Professor of Law and Psychology, University of Virginia
"Ewing and McCann have achieved the remarkable objective of a
readable and scholarly reexamination of twenty of the most
important criminal & forensic cases. In a style as engrossing as a
good novel, they delve into defendants like Andrea Yates and
Jeffrey Dahmer and experts like Park Dietz, Elizabeth Loftus, and
Gisli Gudjonsson, and what their lives and work teach us about law,
justice, and the nature of psychiatric disorders. This terrific
combination of psychological substance and engaging writing style
illuminates personal and the professional aspects of the famous
crimes of our time. Even with cases like Tarasoff, about which I
was conversant, I
learned a great deal. I loved reading this book. Minds on Trial is
destined to be a classic. Three cheers for this wonderful book!"--
Stanley L. Brodsky, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, The
University of Alabama
"Minds on Trial...provides a thoughtful and interesting review of
the sometimes controversial role of expert psychological
evidence."--Applied Cognitive Psychology
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