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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Editors -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Section I: SETTING THE STAGE -- 1: Forensic and Criminal Psychology in Russia: History of Development and Current State -- 2: Legal Consciousness: The Nervous Chord of a Legal System -- 3: The Origin of the Paternalistic Tradition in Russian Social Consciousness -- Section II: CRIMES: SEX AND MONEY -- 4: Lay Thinking about 'Sexual Murderer' and 'Victim' in Groups of Young Russian Men and Women -- 5: Assumptions Underlying Behavioural Linkage Revisited: Ascertaining Individual Differentiation and Consistency in Serial Rape -- 6: Victims or 'Fighters'? Narratives of Abused Women Who Killed Their Male Intimate Partners -- 7: Mock Jurors' Understanding of Forensic Science and Its Perceived Importance in Judicial Processes -- 8: Dysfunctional Economic Behaviour: Victims of Financial Debt (The Case of Microfinance Organisation Clients) -- Section III: PERSONALITY: PSYCHOPATHY AND RISK TAKING -- 9: Problem Personalities in the Workplace: Development of the Corporate Personality Inventory -- 10: How Moral Emotions Affect the Probability of Relapse -- 11: Personality Traits of Juveniles Convicted of Sexual Assault -- 12: Risk-Taking Behaviour: Values and Attitudes towards Traffic Safety amongst Street Racers in St. Petersburg -- Section IV: INTERVIEWING, MEMORY AND DECEPTION -- 13: The Eye-Closure Interview: The Practical Utility of Instructing Eyewitnesses to Close Their Eyes -- 14: Understanding False Memories: Dominant Scientific Theories and Explanatory Mechanisms -- 15: Verbal Lie Detection -- Index