Flawed convictions
Subtitle: "Shaken Baby Syndrome" and the inertia of injustice
By: Deborah Tuerkheimer
Series: Oxford scholarship online
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199361830
Subjects: Child abuse; Law and legislation; Shaken baby syndrome
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.