Medicine and Justice: Medico-legal Practice in England and Wales, 1700-1914
- Submitting institution
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Oxford Brookes University
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 186498466
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.4324/9781003009801
- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781472454126
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Founded on a database of 2,615 criminal cases, this monograph collates evidence assembled from extensive unpublished legal records (The National Archives; National Library of Wales), digitised trial proceedings, and case reports in 70 British newspapers. Spanning a period of over two centuries, the data supports an interdisciplinary study demonstrating the integral role of medical personnel in the development and professionalisation of crime investigation and prosecution. By examining the interconnection of four groups of specialists – doctors, coroners, lawyers and police officers – the book establishes an innovative interpretation of the processes that have shaped the modern criminal justice system.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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