Forensic medicine in Western society : a history /
Katherine D. Watson.
- London : Routledge, 2011.
- 214 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The legal inheritance -- Medico-legal practice before the modern period -- Experts and expertise -- Criminal responsibility and the insanity defence -- The medicalization of deviance -- Twentieth-century developments in forensic medicine and science.
9780415447713 (hbk.) 9780415447720 (pbk.) RM90.20
Medical jurisprudence--History.--Western countries Forensic sciences--History.--Western countries