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OverviewThe meaning of criminal responsibility emerged in early- to mid-twentieth-century Canadian capital murder cases through a complex synthesis of socio-cultural, medical, and legal processes. Kimberley White places the negotiable concept of responsibility at the centre of her interdisciplinary inquiry, rather than the more fixed legal concepts of insanity or guilt. In doing so she brings subtlety to more general arguments about the historical relationship between law and psychiatry, the insanity defence, and the role of psychiatric expertise in criminal law cases. Through capital murder case files, White examines how the idea of criminal responsibility was produced, organized, and legitimized in and through institutional structures such as remissions, trial, and post-trial procedures; identity politics of race, character, citizenship, and gender; and overlapping narratives of mind-state and capacity. In particular, she points to the subtle but deeply influential ways in which common sense about crime, punishment, criminality, and human nature shaped the boundaries of expert knowledge at every stage of the judicial process. Negotiating Responsibility fills a void in Western socio-legal history scholarship and provides an essential point of reference from which to evaluate current criminal law practices and law reform initiatives in Canada. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kimberley WhitePublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9780774812764ISBN 10: 0774812761 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 12 December 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface 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 BibliographyReviewsThe scholarship is both extensive and rigorous. This book will make a pioneering and important contribution to Canadian historiography and social science in the area of mental disorder and justice. - Michael Petrunik, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa Author InformationKimberley White is an associate professor of law and society in the Division of Social Science at York University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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