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Een voormalige Amerikaanse minister van defensie geeft zijn visie op de defensiepolitiek van de V.S.
Author : Harold Brown
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 38,77 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN :
Een voormalige Amerikaanse minister van defensie geeft zijn visie op de defensiepolitiek van de V.S.
Author : Ellsworth Lapham Fersch
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,13 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Criminal liability
ISBN : 0595344127
Thinking About the Insanity Defense answers ninety-seven frequently asked questions and presents sixteen case examples in easily understood language. This volume provides a clear and compelling introduction to one of the most important topics in the relation between psychology and law. Compiled by members of a Harvard seminar, it directs attention to the issues most often raised by the general public and by students of social science and criminal justice. The frequently asked questions about the insanity defense address: its history and psychological aspects; the effects of different standards for determining insanity; the arguments for its retention, abolition, and revision; media and other responses to it; controversies around pre- and post-conviction commitment; and the roles of psychologists, psychiatrists, and lawyers. The case examples illustrate a variety of outcomes and include individuals who were: found not guilty by reason of insanity; found guilty even though mentally ill; and not charged because of mental illness. The extensive bibliography directs students and citizens interested in psychology, law, and criminal justice to further cases and analyses. The insanity defense is one of the most significant topics in psychoforensics. This brief and readable book is the first place to look for what most people want to know about the insanity defense.
Author : Sanford Strong
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 1996-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0671522930
Shows you how to make tough-minded survival decisions. It's a book you can't afford to live without.
Author : Bernard R. Crick
Publisher : Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,58 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226120645
Author : Herman Kahn
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,23 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Forecasting
ISBN : 9780739128299
The Essential Herman Kahn offers the public for the first time an anthology consisting of the best of Herman Kahn's work. It brings together, out of the several thousands of pages published in his life, the 'essential Kahn'_the most relevant, consequential, and interesting the...
Author : Charlan Jeanne Nemeth
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,21 MB
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0465096301
An eminent psychologist explains why dissent should be cherished, not feared We've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased, unoriginal, or false. It leads planes and markets to crash, causes juries to convict innocent people, and can quite literally make people think blue is green. In the name of comity, we embrace stupidity. We can make better decisions by embracing dissent. Dissent forces us to question the status quo, consider more information, and engage in creative decision-making. From Twelve Angry Men to Edward Snowden, lone objectors who make people question their assumptions bring groups far closer to truth -- regardless of whether they are right or wrong. Essential reading for anyone who works in groups, In Defense of Troublemakers will radically change the way you think, listen, and make decisions.
Author : Steve Cavanagh
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,54 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250090717
"If you're a fan of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Brad Meltzer, then you will be a fan of Steve Cavanagh's The Defense." —Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Radiant Angel Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turns out the two aren't that different. Former con artist turned lawyer Eddie Flynn gave up the law a year ago after a disastrous case, and he vowed never to step foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. The head of the Russian mob in New York City, on trial for murder, has kidnapped Eddie's ten-year-old daughter: Eddie has to take this case whether he likes it or not. Using his razor-sharp wit and every con, bluff, grift, and trick in the book, Eddie has only forty-eight hours to defend an impossible murder trial. And if he loses this case, he loses everything.
Author : Ben Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 21,87 MB
Release : 2016-06-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781532968174
Are top scorers really the most valuable players? Are games decided in the final few minutes? Does the team with the best player usually win?Thinking Basketball challenges a number of common beliefs about the game by taking a deep dive into the patterns and history of the NBA. Explore how certain myths arose while using our own cognition as a window into the game's popular narratives. New basketball concepts are introduced, such as power plays, portability and why the best player shouldn't always shoot. Discover how the box score can be misleading, why "closers" are overrated and how the outcome of a game fundamentally alters our memory. Behavioral economics, traffic paradoxes and other metaphors highlight this thought-provoking insight into the NBA and our own thinking. A must-read for any basketball fan -- you'll never view the sport, and maybe the world, the same again.
Author : Air Univeristy Press
Publisher : Military Bookshop
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781782667100
With many scholars and analysts questioning the relevance of deterrence as a valid strategic concept, this volume moves beyond Cold War nuclear deterrence to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security. It examines the possibility of applying deterrence theory and practice to space, to cyberspace, and against non-state actors. It also examines the role of nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century and reaches surprising conclusions.
Author : Evan Fales
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 21,54 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN :
What is the connection between experience and knowledge? Evan Fales defends the contested idea that sense experience can be used to justify basic beliefs. He explores what it is for a belief to be self-evident and examines implications for his argument of Gestalt psychology and visual phenomena and illusions. Fales diverges from classical foundationalism, however, arguing that basic beliefs are often only probable, rather than infallible. A Defense of the Given is an important work not only for epistemologists but for all philosophers interested in how we can justify our beliefs.