Criminal Psychology

By Gross, Hans

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Title:	Criminal Psychology
Author:	Gross, Hans
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature & thought, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
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MODERN CRIMINAL SCIENCE SERIES. AT the National Conference of Criminal Law and Criminology, held in Chicago, at Northwestern University, in June, 1909, the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology was organized; and, as a part of its work, the following resolution was passed.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS. PAGE GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN CRIMINAL SCIENCE SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . V INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH VERSION . . . . . Ix AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . . . . xiii TRANSLATOR'S NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . xiv INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PART I. THE SUBJECTIVE CONDITIONS OF EVIDENCE (THE MENTAL ACTIVITIES OF THE JUDGE) . . 7 TITLE A. CONDITIONS OF TAKING EVIDENCE . . . 7 Topic 1. METHOD . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 (a) General Considerations . . . . . . . 7 2 (b) The Method of Natural Science . . . . . 9 Topic 2. PSYCHOLOGIC LESSONS . . . . . 14 3 (a) General Considerations . . . . . . . 14 4 (b) Integrity of Witnesses . . . . . . . 16 5 (c) Correctness of Testimony . . . . . . . 18 6 (d) Presuppositions of Evidence-Taking . . . . 20 7 (e) Egoism . . . . . . . . . . 25 8 (J) Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . 28 9 (9) Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Topic 3. PHENOMENOLOGY: The Outward Expression of Mental States . . . . . . . . . . 41 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 11 (a) General External Conditions . . . . . . 42 12 (b) General Signs of Character . . . . . . 53 13 (c) Particular Character-signs . . . . . . 61 (d) Somatic Character-Units . . . . . . 69 14 (1) General Considerations . . . . . 69 15 (2) Causes of Irritation . . . . . . 71 16 (3) Cruelty . . . . . . . . 76 17 (4) Nostalgia . . . . . . . . 77 18 (5) Reflex Movements . . . . . . 78 19 (6) Dress . . . . . . . . . 82

PAGE 20 (7) Physiognomy and Related Subjects . . 83 21 (8) The Hand . . . . . . . . 100 TITLE B. THE CONDITIONS FOB DEFINING THEORIES . 105 Topic I. THE MAKING OF INFERENCES . . . 105 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 23 (a) Proof . . . . . . . . . . . 106 24 (b) Causation . . . . . . . . . . 117 25 (c) Scepticism . . . . . . . . . . 129 26 (d) The Empirical Method in the Study of Cases . . 136 27 (e) Analogy . . . . . . . . . . 144 28 (f) Probability. . . . . . . . . . 147 29 (9) Chance . . . . . . . . . 159