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Flawed Convictions: Shaken Baby Syndrome and the Inertia of Injustice

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Flawed Convictions: Shaken Baby Syndrome and the Inertia of Injustice - Tuerkheimer, Deborah
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Flawed Convictions: "Shaken Baby Syndrome" and the Inertia of Injustice is the first book to survey the scientific, cultural, and legal history of Shaken Baby Syndrome from inception to formal dissolution. It exposes extraordinary failings in the criminal justice system's treatment of what is, in essence, a medical diagnosis of murder. The story of SBS highlights fundamental inadequacies in the legal response to "science dependent prosecution." A proposed restructuring of the law contends with the uncertainty of scientific ...

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Flawed Convictions: Shaken Baby Syndrome and the Inertia of Injustice 2015, Oxford University Press, USA, New York

ISBN-13: 9780190233617

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