ARHS Recommended Reading Lists: Criminal Minds

Psychologist Martha Stout discusses the estimate that one in twenty-five people in Western societies is a sociopath--a person lacking a conscience--and discusses the causes of sociopathy, the common traits of sociopaths, and how to protect oneself from such people

Provides behind-the-scenes accounts of twenty high-profile legal cases that have taken place in the United States since 1956, and discusses the effects of these cases on the fields of psychology and the law.

Traces the conviction and scheduled execution of Willie Francis, who, after surviving a visit to the electric chair, was represented by Bertrand DeBlanc when no one else would take his case. Details the resistance DeBlanc faced for representing a black man and the path he took that would land Francis' case in the United States Supreme Court. Includes sixteen pages of black-and-white photographs.

A collection of essays in which inmates at American prisons who were sentenced to death while still in their teens share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up in prison and how they feel about capital punishment.