The Resource Nobody's child : a tragedy, a trial, and a history of the insanity defense, Susan Vinocour
Nobody's child : a tragedy, a trial, and a history of the insanity defense, Susan Vinocour
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The item Nobody's child : a tragedy, a trial, and a history of the insanity defense, Susan Vinocour represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- Summary
- "A powerful and humane exploration of the "insanity defense, " through one heartbreaking case. A three-year-old boy dies, having apparently fallen while trying to reach a bag of sugar on a high shelf. His grandmother stands accused of second-degree murder. Psychologist Susan Nordin Vinocour agrees to evaluate the defendant, to determine whether the impoverished and mentally ill woman is competent to stand trial. Vinocour soon finds herself pulled headlong into a series of difficult questions, beginning with: Was the defendant legally insane on the night in question? As she wades deeper into the story, Vinocour traces the legal definition of insanity back nearly two hundred years, when our understanding of the human mind was in its infancy. "Competency" and "insanity, " she explains, are creatures of legal definition, not psychiatric reality, and in criminal law, "insanity" has become a luxury of the rich and white. With passion, clarity, and heart, Vinocour examines the troubling intersection of mental health issues and the law"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 338 pages
- Note
- "The names and identifying details of many people who appear in this book have been changed. Dialogue has been reconstructed based on the author's contemporaneous notes, her recollection of events, interviews, and trial evidence."
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- The Crime
- The Trial
- The Punishment
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780393651928
- Label
- Nobody's child : a tragedy, a trial, and a history of the insanity defense
- Title
- Nobody's child
- Title remainder
- a tragedy, a trial, and a history of the insanity defense
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan Vinocour
- Title variation
- Tragedy, a trial, and a history of the insanity defense
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A powerful and humane exploration of the "insanity defense, " through one heartbreaking case. A three-year-old boy dies, having apparently fallen while trying to reach a bag of sugar on a high shelf. His grandmother stands accused of second-degree murder. Psychologist Susan Nordin Vinocour agrees to evaluate the defendant, to determine whether the impoverished and mentally ill woman is competent to stand trial. Vinocour soon finds herself pulled headlong into a series of difficult questions, beginning with: Was the defendant legally insane on the night in question? As she wades deeper into the story, Vinocour traces the legal definition of insanity back nearly two hundred years, when our understanding of the human mind was in its infancy. "Competency" and "insanity, " she explains, are creatures of legal definition, not psychiatric reality, and in criminal law, "insanity" has become a luxury of the rich and white. With passion, clarity, and heart, Vinocour examines the troubling intersection of mental health issues and the law"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vinocour, Susan Nordin
- Dewey number
- 345.747/04
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF9242
- LC item number
- .V56 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Insanity defense
- Insanity (Law)
- Competency to stand trial
- Trials (Murder)
- Competency to stand trial
- Insanity defense
- Insanity (Law)
- Trials (Murder)
- New York (State)
- United States
- Label
- Nobody's child : a tragedy, a trial, and a history of the insanity defense, Susan Vinocour
- Note
- "The names and identifying details of many people who appear in this book have been changed. Dialogue has been reconstructed based on the author's contemporaneous notes, her recollection of events, interviews, and trial evidence."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The Crime -- The Trial -- The Punishment -- Epilogue
- Control code
- on1126349408
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393651928
- Lccn
- 2019050530
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Nobody's child : a tragedy, a trial, and a history of the insanity defense, Susan Vinocour
- Note
- "The names and identifying details of many people who appear in this book have been changed. Dialogue has been reconstructed based on the author's contemporaneous notes, her recollection of events, interviews, and trial evidence."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The Crime -- The Trial -- The Punishment -- Epilogue
- Control code
- on1126349408
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393651928
- Lccn
- 2019050530
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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