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Claims of amnesia for violent and sexual crimes are common as guilty suspects allege memory loss to avoid punishment.�The key issue�then becomes whether the memory loss is genuine or feigned. Offenders� Memories of Violent Crimes takes a new approach to the subject by focusing not on eyewitness or bystander testimonies, but on the testimonies of the offenders themselves – or, more specifically, on the way they remember and relate their violent crimes. Under the guidance of�Sven Christianson, expert contributors explore offenders� memories with particular emphasis on theory and empirical research across areas such as memorial patterns, instrumental and reactive offenders, crime-related amnesia, crime-related brain activation, detecting lies and deceit and interviewing techniques.Typham this is the title: Offenders’ Memories of Violent Crimes 1st Edition