Nobody's Child A Tragedy, a Trial, and a History of the Insanity Defense

Susan Nordin Vinocour, Laural Merlington

eAudio - 2020

A powerful and humane exploration of the history of the "insanity defense," through the story of one poignant case. When a three-year-old child was found with a head wound and other injuries, it looked like an open-and-shut case of second-degree murder. Psychologist and attorney Susan Vinocour agreed to evaluate the defendant, the child's mentally ill and impoverished grandmother, to determine whether she was competent to stand trial. Even if she had caused the child's death, had she realized at the time that her actions were wrong or was she legally "insane"? What followed was anything but an open-and-shut case. Nobody's Child traces the legal definition of "insanity" back to its inception in Vi...ctorian Britain nearly two hundred years ago, from when our understanding of the human mind was in its infancy, to today, when questions of race, class, and ability so often determine who is legally "insane" and who is criminally guilty. Vinocour explains how "competency" and "insanity"...

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Published
HighBridge
Language
English
Main Authors
Susan Nordin Vinocour, Laural Merlington
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size309 GB
Parts10
ISBN9781684577026
Release Date3/24/2020
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size309 GB
ISBN9781684577026
Release Date3/24/2020