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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Coroners"”.
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Accounting for sudden death : a sociological study of the coroner system
… The study concentrates upon the nature of coroners' categorisations and the production of the socially recognised 'facts of sudden death'. While detailed consideration is given to the inquest and inquest verdicts, the whole range of coroners' work is examined. Differing but complementary …
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Dead Bodies and Forensic Science: Cultures of Expertise in China, 1800-1949
… which developed through the collaboration of coroners, legal specialists, and literati-officials. After the fall of the Qing empire (1644-1911), successive governments of the Republican period (1912-1949) adopted the late imperial state's technologies of forensic examination in their attempts …
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The office of coroner, 1860-1926: resistance, reluctance and reform
… dissatisfaction. Throughout the period, the coroners resisted change based on an appeal to their traditional links with the people and representing the office as an ancient institution rooted in long established custom and practice. Despite that, the coroners were unable to evade the impact …
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The casebooks of a nineteenth century coroner: death, murder and politics in county Monaghan (1846-78)
… study offers a new administrative history of the coroners’ office in Ireland in the nineteenth century. It examines the extent to which the coroner operated within a colonial context, as well as the purpose of the office and the inquest in determining a cause of death and liability in cases of …
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An arc of death : suicide, alcoholism, murder, accidents, and other early deaths in St. Louis, Missouri, 1875 to 1885
… homicides, accidents, and natural deaths. While coroners ultimately determined how and why a person died, their verdicts were informed by their interviews with witnesses and were subsequently reported on by the press. By viewing death investigations from three social locations -- that of the …
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The psychodynamics of death investigation : a case study of the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontaria, Canada
… the Office of the Chief Coromer for Ontario. Six coroners working in the Metropolitan Toronto Region were asked to comment on their work through unstructured qualitative interviews. Analysis of the data was conducted using principles of psychodynamics. Various themes arose during the interviews …
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Exploring Legal Multiculturalism in the Irish Sea: Multiculturalism, Proto-Democracy, and State Formation on the Isle of Man from 900-1300
… state formation on Man, such as the keys, coroners, and parishes, were themselves a product of legal multiculturalism. Further, I argue that this legal multiculturalism and state formation in turn results in a loss of institutions on Man that characterized the separate legal traditions as …
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Virtual child pornography – policing fantasy? A critical evaluation of the justifications for the criminalisation of virtual child pornography (VCP)
… to legal sanction pursuant to Ss.62 to 68 Coroners and Justice Act 2009. The aim of this thesis is to critically evaluate the law pertaining to child pornography and virtual child pornography specifically in order to highlight the areas of the current law which are in need of clarification …
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Naming the dead: the identification of the unknown body in England and Wales 1800-1934
… the ways in which a range of agents – including coroners, law officers, medico-legal practitioners, the general public, and the press – engaged with the corpse during the investigation, and how their roles and responsibilities developed over the period.
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The language of suicide notes
… regarding how suicide notes are treated by Coroners’ Courts and other courts in the U.K, the thesis compares topics used in real and fabricated suicide notes. Although there is considerable overlap between the two categories, they can be partially distinguished by some features that are more …
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Equipment deficiencies and the injured soldier: a critical evaluation of the MoD's liability under the law of tort
… service personnel. The common view of the media, coroners, military charities and academic commentators is that this is a result of the failure of the MoD and the Government to provide adequate equipment to service personnel on the battlefield. Through the critical evaluation of key equipment …
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“That’s Sexist, I Probably Shouldn’t Think Like That”: Forensic Pathologists’ Decision-Making in Cases of Sexual Femicide
… pathologists receive from police officers, coroners, and community members, and the impact of those actors’ biases on the information they communicate to forensic pathologists.
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The impact of bereaved family participation in the inquest process in England and Wales following a death in custody
… in custody including legal representatives, coroners, police officers and bereaved family members were interviewed to gather their views about the impact the participation of a bereaved family has on the effectiveness of the process. Perspectives described by these interviews are analysed …
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Feeling Suicidal in England, c.1750-1850
… deaths through the lens of ‘lunacy’. Using 2,008 coroners’ inquests, this thesis explores how suicidality was affected by gender, age and social status. Complementing this with evidence from 217 suicide letters, as well as from other correspondence and diaries, it illuminates how suicidality was …
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Between legality and empathy : an examination of the coroner’s inquest and its impact on the emotions of those bereaved by road death
… provide, are apparent. Policymakers’ reforms and coroners’ comportment have attempted to balance these needs, and families’ ability to cope with their grief is moderated by their agency and outlook. However, in investigating whether the emotions of the bereaved were negatively impacted by the …
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Investigating Medical Examiners' Practices: Genetic Evaluation For Fatal Acute Aortic Dissection
… to its high fatality rate, medical examiners and coroners (ME/Cs) may be the first to identify TAD cases and initiate genetic testing for the decedent and at-risk relatives. ME/Cs were surveyed using three clinical vignettes detailing two cases of early-onset TAD, one with features of Marfan …
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The meaning of Being as a nurse involved in the work of death investigation. A North American view and its implications to practice in England.
… to be working as either death investigators or Coroners in the USA who fulfilled the inclusion criteria, 17 nurses from 11 States in the USA consented to take part. Fore-structures concerning age (average 37), gender (82% were women) and professional experience (majority came from an adult …