The Measure of Madness: Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Criminal Mind by Cheryl Paradis et 2 de plus


The Measure of Madness: Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Criminal Mind
Title : The Measure of Madness: Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Criminal Mind
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Language : Anglais
Format Type : Audiobook
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Publication : 31 mai 2019

At the heart of countless crimes lie the mysteries of the human mind. In this eye opening book, Dr. Cheryl Paradis draws back the curtain on the fascinating world of forensic psychology, and revisits the most notorious and puzzling cases she has handled in her multifaceted career. Her riveting, sometimes shocking stories reveal the crucial and often surprising role forensic psychology plays in the pursuit of justice in which the accused may truly believe their own bizarre lies, creating a world that pushes them into committing horrific, violent crimes. Join Dr. Paradis in a stark concrete cell with the indicted as she takes on the daunting task of mapping the suspect's madness or exposing it as fakery. Take a front row seat in a tense, packed courtroom, where her testimony can determine an individual's fate or if justice will be truly served.

The Measure of Madness: Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Criminal Mind Reviews

  • Joanna Banas

    Good book

  • Carolina Gatuna

    Me encantó y considero que es un libro que vas a querer leer una y otra vez por lo interesante del tema además de ser útil como libro de referencia.

  • DMR

    Purchased book as a birthday gift. Book was an old library copy. Great shape. Better World Books never disappoints.

  • Kindle Customer

    This is a very good book. The author described very understandably and clearly what is meant be the insanity defense and what must be demonstrated to find a defendant insane. She explains that a successful insanity defense does not !ran that the defendant gets away with the crime.

  • W. V. Buckley

    Before I write a review, let me take a few moments to tell you some of the things that The Measure of Madness isn't. It isn't "Further Silence of the Lambs: More Conversations Between Hanibal Lector and Clarice Starling." Neither is it "Let Me Drop a Few Famous Names and Dish about Their Psychiatric Profiles." And it certainly isn't "Lifestyles of the Psychotic and Delusional."

    If you pick up Dr. Cheryl Paradis' The Measure of Madness what you can expect to find is a straight forward look at the field of forensic psychology and how its practitioners put it to work in the field of criminal justice. It may not be glamorous, but it definitely is gritty.

    Pradis has put her considerable skills to work for both the defense and the prosecution in New York City. Armed with inkblots, IQ tests, peg boards and , she helps the legal system sort out if defendants have the mental capacity to stand trial, waive their rights or know right from wrong at the moment the crime was committed. She can also form an opinion on if the defendant is "faking" mental illness in the hope of getting off on an insanity defense.

    Each case study Paradis cites helps illustrate important legal concepts. She also clears up misconceptions. For instance, only about 1 percent of cases attempt to use the insanity defense (and of those, it's successful in only one case out of five). For the casual reader, this book is not only an introduction to the field of forensic psychology, but an education into an often misunderstood area of the legal system.