Negotiating responsibility : law, murder, and states of mind / Kimberley White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Kimberley, 1966-

Series:

Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)

Law and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murder--Canada--History.

Murder.

Criminal liability--Canada--History.

Criminal liability.

Insanity (Law)--Canada--History.

Insanity (Law).

Forensic psychiatry--Canada--History.

Forensic psychiatry.

Trials (Murder)--Canada.

Trials (Murder).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Making and Mapping of Capital Murder Case Files

Criminological Thinking and Ways of "Knowing" the Criminal

Negotiating Responsibility in Law's "Marketplace": Beyond the Insanity Defence

The Racialization of Criminal Responsibility

Murder between "Wives" and "Husbands"

Concluding Thoughts

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Law and Society

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-171) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-59369-2

9786612593697

0-7748-5598-3

OCLC:

750228233