Karpman Md Benjamin (4 results)

Paperback. first edition. 75-010 very good, spine crease paperback.

Paperback. first edition. 75-010 almost near fine, unread paperback.

Paperback. first edition. 75-010 near fine, unread paperback.

Condition: Fine. - Typed letter filling one side of an approximately 11-inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheet of Archives of Criminal Psychodynamics letterhead with Karpman's name printed at the top as Editor and Foxe's name as a member of the Editorial Board. Signed "Ben". There are 2 tiny marks to the top left corner. Folded twice for mailing. Near fine. Karpman writes to Freudian psychiatrist and expert in criminology Dr. Arthur Foxe entreating him to write an article for the Archives and also to contribute a guest editorial. "The time has come the walrus said, to talk of many things, etc. etc. And why does Arthur Foxe sit on his touchus and contribute nothing to the advancement of the psychodynamics of criminality? You can't live on one article. So will you please sit down and do two things for me? First work on a good case with all the details that you can give me, with all the dreams that you can get, something on the style of 'The Psychoanalysis of a Sodomist' which you published years ago in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Additionally I want you to write a Guest Editorial."Benjamin Karpman [1886-1962] was an American psychiatrist known for his work on human sexuality. He served as Professor and Head of Psychiatry at Howard University College of Medicine from 1921 to 1941. He was critical of the treatment of criminals by law and by medicine. "The question is simply, 'Is the accused sick or not?' You can'r have mental illness and criminal responsibility in the same person at the same time.".…