Forensic Psychology in Germany - Witnessing Crime, 1880-1939 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

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. Initially envisaged as a psychology of all those involved in criminal proceedings, this new discipline promised to move away from an exclusive focus on the criminal to provide a holistic view of how human fallibility impacted upon criminal justice. As this book argues, however, by the inter-war period, forensic psychology had largely become a psychology of the witness; its focus narrowed by the exigencies of the courtroom. Utilising detailed studies of the 1896 Berchtold trial and the 1930 Frenzel trial, the book asks whether the tensions between psychiatry, psychology, forensic medicine, pedagogy and law over psychological expertise were present in courtroom practice and considers why a clear winner in the "battle for forensic psychology" had yet to emerge by 1939.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	March 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Heather Wolffram
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	257
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-73593-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Criminal or forensic psychology Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	3-319-73593-4
Barcode:	9783319735931

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