Forensic medicine in Western society : a history - Watson, Katherine (Katherine Denise). (London : Routledge, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Medical jurisprudence -- Western countries -- History; Forensic sciences -- Western countries -- History