Kimberley White

Negotiating Responsibility

Law, Murder, and States of Mind

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Produktbeschreibung

Kimberly White provides an essential point of reference from which to evaluate current criminal law practices and law reform initiatives in Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paperback
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780774812771
• ISBN-10: 077481277X
• Artikelnr.: 23804353

Autorenporträt

Kimberley White is an associate professor of law and society in the Division of Social Science at York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 Introduction
2 The Making and Mapping of Capital Murder Case Files
3 Criminological Thinking and Ways of "Knowing" the Criminal
4 Negotiating Responsibility in Law's "Marketplace": Beyond the Insanity
Defence
5 The Racialization of Criminal Responsibility
6 Murder between "Wives" and "Husbands"
7 Concluding Thoughts
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography