Books Details
Author : Susan Nordin Vinocour Pages : pages Publisher : HighBridge, a division of
Recorded Books Language : eng ISBN-10 : B086H311NP ISBN-13 :
Books Descriptions
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 and 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 Victorian Britain nearly 200 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 does
an exceptional job clearly and concisely
