Book contents
- The Mind of the Criminal
- The Mind of the Criminal
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A Meeting of Developmental Social Cognition and Criminal Jurisprudence and Law
- 2 Developmental Social Cognition and Antisocial Behavior
- 3 Substandard Rational Capacity and Criminal Responsibility
- 4 Underdeveloped Rationality and Wrongdoing in Youth
- 5 Moral Subrationality and the Propensity for Wrongdoing
- 6 Provocation Interpretational Bias and Heat-of-Passion Homicide
- 7 Reacting to Perceived ThreatsMistaken Self-Defense and Duress
- 8 Developmental Social Cognition, the Effects of Chronic Abuse and Trauma, and Reactive Homicide
- 9 Toward a More Psychologically Informed Approach to Social Rationality and Excusing Conditions in Criminal Law
- Index
7 - Reacting to Perceived ThreatsMistaken Self-Defense and Duress
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- The Mind of the Criminal
- The Mind of the Criminal
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A Meeting of Developmental Social Cognition and Criminal Jurisprudence and Law
- 2 Developmental Social Cognition and Antisocial Behavior
- 3 Substandard Rational Capacity and Criminal Responsibility
- 4 Underdeveloped Rationality and Wrongdoing in Youth
- 5 Moral Subrationality and the Propensity for Wrongdoing
- 6 Provocation Interpretational Bias and Heat-of-Passion Homicide
- 7 Reacting to Perceived ThreatsMistaken Self-Defense and Duress
- 8 Developmental Social Cognition, the Effects of Chronic Abuse and Trauma, and Reactive Homicide
- 9 Toward a More Psychologically Informed Approach to Social Rationality and Excusing Conditions in Criminal Law
- Index
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- The Mind of the CriminalThe Role of Developmental Social Cognition in Criminal Defense Law, pp. 178 - 209Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012