Testing Claims of Crime-Related Amnesia

Testing Claims of Crime-Related Amnesia

Many violent offenders report amnesia for their crime. Although this type of memory loss is possible, there are reasons to assume that many claims of crime-related amnesia are feigned. This article describes ways to evaluate the genuineness of crime-related amnesia. A recent case is described in whi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in psychiatry 2018-11, Vol.9, p.617-617
1. Verfasser: Jelicic, Marko
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
crime-related amnesia
deception
feigning
forensic neuropsychology
malingering
Psychiatry
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Zusammenfassung:Many violent offenders report amnesia for their crime. Although this type of memory loss is possible, there are reasons to assume that many claims of crime-related amnesia are feigned. This article describes ways to evaluate the genuineness of crime-related amnesia. A recent case is described in which several of these strategies yielded evidence for feigned crime-related amnesia.
ISSN:1664-0640
1664-0640
DOI:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00617