Chapter IV: Part II: Objective Conditions of Criminal Investigation

(THE MENTAL ACTIVITY OF THE EXAMINEE) 187

TITLE A. GENERAL CONDITIONS 187

Topic 1. OF SENSE PERCEPTION 187

§ 35 187

§ 36 (_a_) General Considerations 187

(_b_) The Sense of Sight 196

§ 37 (1) General Considerations 196

§ 38 (2) Color-vision 204

§ 39 (3) The Blind Spot 207

§ 40 (_c_) The Sense of Hearing 208

§ 41 (_d_) The Sense of Taste 212

§ 42 (_e_) The Sense of Smell 213

§ 43 (_f_) The Sense of Touch 215

Topic 2. PERCEPTION AND CONCEPTION 221

§ 44 221

Topic 3. IMAGINATION 232

§ 45 232

Topic 4. INTELLECTUAL PROCESSES 238

§ 46 (_a_) General Considerations 238

§ 47 (_b_) The Mechanism of Thinking 243

§ 48 (_c_) The Subconscious 245

§ 49 (_d_) Subjective Conditions 248

Topic 5. THE ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS 254

§ 50 254

Topic 6. RECOLLECTION AND MEMORY 258

§ 51 258

§ 52 (_a_) The Essence of Memory 259

§ 53 (_b_) The Forms of Reproduction 263

§ 54 (_c_) The Peculiarities of Reproduction 268

§ 55 (_d_) Illusions of Memory 275

§ 56 (_e_) Mnemotechnique 279

Topic 7. THE WILL 281

§ 57 281

Topic 8. EMOTION 283

§ 58 283

Topic 9. THE FORMS OF GIVING TESTIMONY 287

§ 59 287

§ 60 (_a_) General Study of Variety in Forms of Expression 288

§ 61 (_b_) Dialect Forms 293

§ 62 (_c_) Incorrect Forms 296

TITLE B. DIFFERENTIATING CONDITIONS OF GIVING TESTIMONY 300

Topic 1. GENERAL DIFFERENCES 300

(_a_) Woman 300

§ 63 1. General Considerations 300

§ 64 2. Difference between Man and Women 307

3. Sexual Peculiarities 311

§ 65 (_a_) General 311

§ 66 (_b_) Menstruation 311

§ 67 (_c_) Pregnancy 317

§ 68 (_d_) Erotic 319

§ 69 (_e_) Submerged Sexual Factors 322

4. Particular Feminine Qualities 332

§ 70 (_a_) Intelligence 332

§ 71 1. Conception 333

§ 72 2. Judgment 335

§ 73 3. Quarrels with Women 337

§ 74 (_b_) Honesty 340

§ 75 (_c_) Love, Hate and Friendship 350

§ 76 (_d_) Emotional Disposition and Related Subjects 359

§ 77 (_e_) Weakness 361

§ 78 (_b_) Children 364

§ 79 1. General Considerations 364

§ 80 2. Children as Witnesses 365

§ 81 3. Juvenile Delinquency 369

§ 82 (_c_) Senility 372

§ 83 (_d_) Differences in Conception 375

§ 84 (_e_) Nature and Nurture 384

§ 85 1. The Influence of Nurture 385

§ 86 2. The Views of the Uneducated 388

§ 87 3. Onesided Education 391

§ 88 4. Inclination 393

§ 89 5. Other Differences 395

§ 90 6. Intelligence and Stupidity 398

Topic 2. ISOLATED INFLUENCES 406

§ 91 (_a_) Habit 406

§ 92 (_b_) Heredity 410

§ 93 (_c_) Prepossession 412

§ 94 (_d_) Imitation and the Crowd 415

§ 95 (_e_) Passion and Emotion 416

§ 96 (_f_) Honor 421

§ 97 (_g_) Superstition 422

Topic 3. MISTAKES 422

(_a_) Mistakes of the Senses 422

§ 98 (1) General Considerations 422

§ 99 (2) Optical Illusions 427

§ 100 (3) Auditory Illusions 443

§ 101 (4) Illusions of Touch 449

§ 102 (5) Illusions of the Sense of Taste 452

§103 (6) The Illusions of the Olfactory Sense 453

§ 104 (_b_) Hallucinations and Illusions 454

§ 105 (_c_) Imaginative Ideas 459

(_d_) Misunderstandings 467

§ 106 1. Verbal Misunderstandings 467

§ 107 2. Other Misunderstandings 470

(_e_) The Lie 474

§ 108 1. General Considerations 474

§ 109 2. The Pathoformic Lie 479

Topic 4. ISOLATED SPECIAL CONDITIONS 480

§ 110 (_a_) Sleep and Dream 480

§ 111 (_b_) Intoxication 484

§ 112 (_c_) Suggestion 491

APPENDIX A. BIBLIOGRAPHY, INCLUDING TEXTS MORE EASILY WITHIN REACH OF ENGLISH READERS 493

APPENDIX B. WORKS ON PSYCHOLOGY OF GENERAL INTEREST 500

INDEX 503

CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY.