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Science Forum Index » Psychology - Theory Forum » Excerpt: Adoption Forensics & Joel Rifkin
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| Steve O'Keefe |
 Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:39 am |
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I have permission from Juneau Press to distribute an excerpt from the
new book, "Adoption: Uncharted Waters," by psychologist David
Kirschner, Ph.D., well-known for his work concerning Adopted Child
Syndrome or ACS.
The excerpt finds the author in prison with New York's most prolific
serial killer, Joel Rifkin. Kirschner prepared a psychological profile
of adoptee Rifkin for the defense and spent an unprecedented 110 hours
interviewing and examining the man who murdered 17 women.
Kirschner has been involved in over 20 homicide cases, most notably
Joel Rifkin, "Casino Killer" Jeremy Strohmeyer, and serial wife-and-
mother poisoner, Steve Catlin. He also provides an in-depth chapter on
adoptee and multiple murderer David Berkowitz -- the infamous "Son of
Sam." This book provides a rare, inside look how psychology and the
law mesh in murder trials.
Kirschner is a staunch advocate of opening birth records, which he
sees as a human and civil right of adoptees. In his book, he shows how
secrecy, lies, and sealed records can lead adoptees into a fantasy
life that sometimes explodes in deadly rage.
You can find the excerpt on Joel Rifkin at the following URL -- or
email me and I will send it as a text file:
http://www.authorviews.com/authors/kirschner/excerpt.php |
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