Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play
Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play examines a wide range of factors that can influence how police determine foul play in possible homicide cases and in other possible crimes. It develops a new theory of uncertainty at micro, me
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Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play
Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play
Stephen J. Morewitz
Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play
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Stephen J. Morewitz Department of Nursing and Health Sciences California State University, East Bay San Francisco, CA, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-26839-8 ISBN 978-3-030-26840-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26840-4
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Preface
Thousands of people die under suspicious circumstance each year. These individuals die on the street and in other settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, jails, prisons, military facilities, and educational institutions. Foul play is involved in fires, drug overdoses, missing person events, cemetery damage, and other incidents every year. Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play is the first title to examine conditions that may influence the ways in which law enforcement and other forensic professionals suspect foul play in cases involving deaths, missing persons, bomb threats, cemetery vandalism, and other situations. This book will address such questions as: To what extent do socioeconomic status factors influence suspicions about the foul play? To what degree do race, ethnic, gender, age, and other demographic factors trigger the police consideration of possible foul play? To what extent do the characteristics of different social, community, and organizational settings influence the ways in which law enforcement and other forensic professionals suspect foul play? How do technological factors such as DNA and information technology affect the effectiveness of police investigations i
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