| #507025 in Books | Tuerkheimer Deborah | 2015-03-02 | 2015-03-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.10 x.80 x9.20l,.0 | File type: PDF | 320 pages | Flawed Convictions Shaken Baby Syndrome and the Inertia of Injustice||19 of 20 people found the following review helpful.| Gripping - and pulls it all together for policemen, lawyers, doctors, day care providers, parents, social workers, judges|By R. Auer|The book is a masterpiece that has rendered me up-to-date on the legal issues after reading the medical literature (I am an MD/PhD clinical neuroscientist who is now involved in these kinds of cases). It primed me for my recent introduction to d|||"Deborah Tuerkheimer's Flawed Convictions is a brilliant and timely book that meticulously presents a clear, comprehensive, and thoughtful analysis of the evolution of "shaken baby syndrome" homicide prosecutions, their impact on innocent caregivers,
The emergence of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) presents an object lesson in the dangers that lie at the intersection of science and criminal law. As often occurs in the context of scientific knowledge, understandings of SBS have evolved. We now know that the diagnostic triad alone does not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that an infant was abused, or that the last person with the baby was responsible for the baby's condition. Nevertheless, our legal system has failed to abs...
You easily download any file type for your device.Flawed Convictions: "Shaken Baby Syndrome" and the Inertia of Injustice | Deborah Tuerkheimer. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
