This book is of particular interest to those working in the criminal justice system, enabling them to understand the factors that lead an offender to commit a crime, and thereby issue a sound judgment. The book begins auspiciously by presenting the sciences related to criminal psychology, such as criminal biology, criminal sociology, and forensic psychology. To uncover modern psychological methods in criminal investigation, the book discusses the polygraph device, narcotic drugs, and hypnosis. It then delves into instinctual disorders, defining instinct and its elements, and presenting the most important instincts and their dysfunctions. Emotional deviations are also covered, defining emotion, listing its types, and moving on to deviant emotions and their prevention. The book proceeds to address psychological complexes, discussing the psychic apparatus, its dynamic description, and the most significant complexes. It defines and differentiates between mental and psychological illnesses, then presents each category. It explains psychological and mental retardation, mentioning their characteristics, definitions, and causes. It enumerates the stages and types of personality development. Finally, it clarifies the effect of psychological ailments on criminal responsibility, explaining the scope of mental defects, perception, and will, and the impact of various conditions (instinctual disorders, emotional deviations, psychological illnesses, mental retardation) on criminal liability.

• ISBN: 9789957160876
• Weight: 0.600 kg
• Dimensions: 17x24 cm
• Paper: White
• Pages: 256
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Binding: Hardcover