Flawed convictions : shaken baby syndrome and the inertia of injustice
Tuerkheimer, DeborahAuthor
This text surveys the scientific, cultural, and legal history of 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' from inception to formal dissolution. Deborah Tuerkheimer exposes extraordinary failings in the criminal justice system's treatment of what is, in essence, a medical diagnosis of murder.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text surveys the scientific, cultural, and legal history of 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' from inception to formal dissolution. Deborah Tuerkheimer exposes extraordinary failings in the criminal justice system's treatment of what is, in essence, a medical diagnosis of murder.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 17, 2014).
Child abuse
Shaken baby syndrome
Forensic Sciences
Diagnosis
Brain Injuries
Child Welfare
Medicine
Domestic Violence
Medical Errors
Violence
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Craniocerebral Trauma
Social Welfare
Health Occupations
Criminology
Health Services
Trauma, Nervous System
Social Problems
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Social Sciences
Wounds and Injuries
Crime
Sociology
Disciplines and Occupations
Health Care
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Nervous System Diseases
Diseases
Child Abuse
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Diagnostic Errors
Forensic Medicine
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government
Criminal Law & Procedure - U.S.