Forensic Psychology in Germany: Witnessing Crime, 1880-1939

ISBN-13: 9783319735931 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 257 str.

Heather Wolffram

Opis

This book examines the emergence and early development of forensic psychology in Germany from the late nineteenth century until the outbreak of the Second World War, highlighting the field's interdisciplinary beginnings and contested evolution.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Witnessing Crime

2. The Birth Of Forensic Psychology - The Berchtold Trial

3. Establishing the Psychology of Testimony

4. Forensic Psychology Beyond the Witness

5. Expertise Contested

6. Forensic Psychology in the Courtroom – The Frenzel Trial

7. Forensic Psychology under the Swastika

8. Conclusion: Forensic Psychology on the Eve of the War

O autorze

Heather Wolffram is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She is a historian of modern Germany with interests in the histories of medicine and forensics and is the author of The Stepchildren of Science: Psychical Research and Parapsychology in Germany, c. 1870-1939 (2009).