Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students

PART I. THE SUBJECTIVE CONDITIONS OF EVIDENCE: THE MENTAL ACTIVITIES OF THE JUDGE.

PART II. OBJECTIVE CONDITIONS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: THE MENTAL ACTIVITY OF THE EXAMINEE.

TITLE A. GENERAL CONDITIONS.

TITLE B. DIFFERENTIATING CONDITIONS OF GIVING TESTIMONY.

Topic I. GENERAL DIFFERENCES. (a) Woman.

Topic 2. ISOLATED INFLUENCES.

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Section 91. (a) Habit.

92.

Section 92. (b) Heredity.

93.

Section 93. (c) Prepossession.

94.

Section 94. (d) Imitation and the Crowd.

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Section 95. (e) Passion and Affection.

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Section 96. (f) Honor.

97.

Section 97. (g) Superstition.

Topic 3. MISTAKES. (a) Mistakes of the Senses.

TOPIC IV. ISOLATED SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

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Section 97. (g) Superstition.

For a discussion of Superstition see my Handbuch für Untersuchungsrichter, etc. (English translation by J. Adam, New York, 1907), and H. Gross's Archiv I, 306; III, 88; IV, 340; V, 290, 207; IX, 253; IV, 168; VI, 312; VII, 162; XII, 334.

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Section 97. (g) Superstition.