Faith, Forensics, and Firearms: A Spiritual Psychoanalysis of Three Forensic Trauma Cases

In Faith, Forensics, and Firearms, author Charles Zeiders offers case studies in forensic psychology from a Christian and Jungian perspective.

When one seeks civil redress for trauma, even a favorable outcome will not likely heal the heart of a plaintiff who has been raped, beaten, humiliated, violated, or treated unjustly. Forensic psychology analyzes human behavior as it applies to the law. The forensic psychologist establishes the merits of a case, then writes a report.

The following three case studies are included in Faith, Forensics, and Firearms

• A student's contested application to own a firearm
• The rape of a patient's wife and the violent death of their son
• The assault of an African American mother by plainclothes police after they refuse to cease harassing her children

Charles Zeiders, a clinical and forensic psychologist in Philadelphia, is T.S. Eliot Lecturer for Humanities and Spiritual Psychology at Reformed Episcopal Seminary, a Postdoctoral Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania's elite Center for Cognitive Therapy, and Chair Emeritus of the Psychotherapist Specialty Group of the Association of Christian Therapists.