Criminal Psychology

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
<SE> 1 (a) General Considerations . . . . . . . 7
<SE> 2 (b) The Method of Natural Science . . . . . 9

Topic 2. PSYCHOLOGIC LESSONS . . . . . 14
<SE> 3 (a) General Considerations . . . . . . . 14
<SE> 4 (b) Integrity of Witnesses . . . . . . . 16
<SE> 5 (c) Correctness of Testimony . . . . . . . 18
<SE> 6 (d) Presuppositions of Evidence-Taking . . . . 20
<SE> 7 (e) Egoism . . . . . . . . . . 25
<SE> 8 (J) Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . 28
<SE> 9 (9) Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Topic 3. PHENOMENOLOGY: The Outward Expression
of Mental States . . . . . . . . . . 41
<SE> 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
<SE> 11 (a) General External Conditions . . . . . . 42
<SE> 12 (b) General Signs of Character . . . . . . 53
<SE> 13 (c) Particular Character-signs . . . . . . 61
(d) Somatic Character-Units . . . . . . 69
<SE> 14 (1) General Considerations . . . . . 69
<SE> 15 (2) Causes of Irritation . . . . . . 71
<SE> 16 (3) Cruelty . . . . . . . . 76
<SE> 17 (4) Nostalgia . . . . . . . . 77
<SE> 18 (5) Reflex Movements . . . . . . 78
<SE> 19 (6) Dress . . . . . . . . . 82
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<SE> 20 (7) Physiognomy and Related Subjects . . 83
<SE> 21 (8) The Hand . . . . . . . . 100

TITLE B. THE CONDITIONS FOB DEFINING THEORIES . 105
Topic I. THE MAKING OF INFERENCES . . . 105
<SE> 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
<SE> 23 (a) Proof . . . . . . . . . . . 106
<SE> 24 (b) Causation . . . . . . . . . . 117
<SE> 25 (c) Scepticism . . . . . . . . . . 129
<SE> 26 (d) The Empirical Method in the Study of Cases . . 136
<SE> 27 (e) Analogy . . . . . . . . . . 144
<SE> 28 (f) Probability. . . . . . . . . . 147
<SE> 29 (9) Chance . . . . . . . . . 159
<SE> 30 (h) Persuasion and Explanation . . . . . . 161
<SE> 31 (i) Inference and Judgment . . . . . . . 165
<SE> 32 O Mistaken Inferences . .. . . . . . . 176
<SE> 33 (k) Statistics of the Moral Situation . . . . . 179

Topic 2. KNOWLEDGE . . . . . . . . . 183
<SE> 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

PART II. OBJECTIVE CONDITIONS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
(THE MENTAL ACTIVITY OF THE EXAMINEE) . . 187
TITLE A. GENERA1: CONDITIONS . . . . . . . 187
Topic I. OF SENSE PERCEPTION . . . . . 187
<SE>35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

36 (a) GeneralConsiderations . . . . . . . 187
(b) The Sense of Sight . . . . . . . . 196
<SE> 37 (1) General Considerations . . . . . 196
<SE> 38 (2) Color-vision . . . . . . . 204
<SE> 39 (3) The Blind Spot . . . . . . . 207
<SE> 40 (e) The Sense of Hearing . . . . . . . 208
<SE> 41 (d) The Sense of Taste . . . . . . . . 212
<SE> 42 (e) The Sense of Smell . . . . . . . . 213
<SE> 43 (f) The Sense of Touch . . . . . . . . 215
Topic a. PERCEPTION AND CONCEPTION . . . 221
<SE> 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Topic 3. IMAGINATION . . . . . . . . 232
<SE> 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Topic 4. INTELLECTUAL PROCESSES . . . . 238
<SE> 46 (a) General Considerations . . . . . . . 238
<SE> 47 (b) The Mechanism of Thinking . . . . . . 243
<SE> 48 (c) The Subconscious . . . . . . . . 215
~ 49 (d) Subjective Conditions . . . . . . . 248

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Topic 5. THE ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS . .. 254
<SE> 50 . . . . . . . . . . . .. 254
Topic 6. RECOLLECTION AND MEMORY . .. 258
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<SE> 52 (a) The Essence of Memory . . . . . . . 25