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This monograph makes a major new contribution to the historiography
of criminal justice in England and Wales by focusing on the
intersection of the history of law and crime with medical history.
It does this through the lens provided by one group of historical
actors, medical professionals who gave evidence in criminal
proceedings. They are the means of illuminating the developing
methods and personnel associated with investigating and prosecuting
crime in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when two
linchpins of modern society, centralised policing and the
adversarial criminal trial, emerged and matured. The book is
devoted to two central questions: what did medical practitioners
contribute to the investigation of serious violent crime in the
period 1700 to 1914, and what impact did this have on the process
of criminal justice? Drawing on the details of 2,600 cases of
infanticide, murder and rape which occurred in central England,
Wales and London, the book offers a comparative long-term
perspective on medico-legal practice - that is, what doctors
actually did when they were faced with a body that had become the
object of a criminal investigation. It argues that medico-legal
work developed in tandem with and was shaped by the needs of two
evolving processes: pre-trial investigative procedures dominated
successively by coroners, magistrates and the police; and criminal
trials in which lawyers moved from the periphery to the centre of
courtroom proceedings. In bringing together for the first time four
groups of specialists - doctors, coroners, lawyers and police
officers - this study offers a new interpretation of the processes
that shaped the modern criminal justice system.
This monograph makes a major new contribution to the historiography
of criminal justice in England and Wales by focusing on the
intersection of the history of law and crime with medical history.
It does this through the lens provided by one group of historical
actors, medical professionals who gave evidence in criminal
proceedings. They are the means of illuminating the developing
methods and personnel associated with investigating and prosecuting
crime in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when two
linchpins of modern society, centralised policing and the
adversarial criminal trial, emerged and matured. The book is
devoted to two central questions: what did medical practitioners
contribute to the investigation of serious violent crime in the
period 1700 to 1914, and what impact did this have on the process
of criminal justice? Drawing on the details of 2,600 cases of
infanticide, murder and rape which occurred in central England,
Wales and London, the book offers a comparative long-term
perspective on medico-legal practice - that is, what doctors
actually did when they were faced with a body that had become the
object of a criminal investigation. It argues that medico-legal
work developed in tandem with and was shaped by the needs of two
evolving processes: pre-trial investigative procedures dominated
successively by coroners, magistrates and the police; and criminal
trials in which lawyers moved from the periphery to the centre of
courtroom proceedings. In bringing together for the first time four
groups of specialists - doctors, coroners, lawyers and police
officers - this study offers a new interpretation of the processes
that shaped the modern criminal justice system.
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Dr Crippen (Hardcover)
Katherine Watson
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Dr Crippen's murder of his wife Cora has stuck in the public
imagination for many reasons: the harmless demeanour of this
cold-blooded poisoner; the flamboyant victim; and, the dismembered
body in the cellar at the infamous 39 Hilldrop Crescent - and not
forgetting a dramatic police chase which caught Crippen and his
mistress Ethel le Neve halfway across the Atlantic. The story has
all the best ingredients: sex and love, secrets and lies, but it is
the detail from the documents that fascinates, such as Crippen's
account of marital bickering that preceded his wife's
disappearance, and the daily media accounts of the police net
closing on the fleeing couple. This 'bloody history' combines a
gripping narrative with facts from witness statements, police
reports, and the chilling words of a killer claiming 'So far as I
know she is still alive'.
In an examination of the impact of education policy on Australia's
diverse student population, this book asks if increasing the years
of compulsory schooling can make the positive social impact its
proponents claim. The authors' analysis reveals a policy
disjuncture wrought by competing agendas of increased school
leaving age and school choice.
Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel argues that the
Anglo- Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) is one of the most
important, though undervalued, practitioner of the
twentieth-century novel in English. This is an innovative study
with significant implications for contemporary critical and
theoretical writing. The authors contend that Bowen's work calls
for a radically new conception of criticism and theory - and of the
novel itself.
Italian mezzo-soprano Anna Bonitatibus takes the lead role in this
performance of Cavalli's opera, recorded live at Le Théâtre De Caen
in 2011. The first opera staged by comic actor Clément
Hervieu-Léger, the production also features William Christie
conducting Les Arts Florissants.
Live performance of Jean Phiippe Rameau's first opera 'Hippolyte et
Aricie' conducted by William Christie at the Glyndebourne Festival
in 2013. The performers include Ed Lyon, Sarah Connolly and
Katherine Watson.
Representing Health addresses the importance of the media in
shaping and reflecting public perceptions and attitudes to health
and illness. Bringing together contributions from a variety of
academic disciplines, this lively text examines contemporary
theoretical debates and analyzes media as diverse as television,
cinema, literature, print media and the Internet. Centring around
themes of 'virtual' bodies, audiences, representations and public
health, it examines discourses of sexuality, gender, race,
disability, childhood, medico-moral panics, regulation and
governmentality.
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