Shaken Baby Syndrome: Investigating the Abusive Head Trauma Controversy

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Keith A. Findley (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Cyrille Rossant (University College London)

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Investigating the Abusive Head Trauma Controversy

Keith A. Findley (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Cyrille Rossant (University College London), Kana Sasakura (Konan University, Japan) , Leila Schneps (Sorbonne Université, Paris)

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Cambridge University Press
08 June 2023

Ethical issues & debates; Medical & healthcare law; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Paediatric medicine; Pathology

Since the early 2000s, a growing body of scientific studies in neuropathology, neurology, neurosurgery, biomechanics, statistics, criminology and psychology has cast doubt on the forensic reliability of medical determinations of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), more recently termed Abusive Head Trauma (AHT). Studies have increasingly documented that accidental short falls and a wide range of medical conditions, can cause the same symptoms and findings associated with this syndrome. Nevertheless, inaccurate diagnoses, unrealistic confidence expression, and wrongful convictions continue to this day. Bringing together contributions from a multidisciplinary expert panel of 32 professionals across 8 countries in 16 different specialties, this landmark book tackles the highly controversial topic of SBS, which lies at the intersection of medicine, science, and law. With comprehensive coverage across multiple disciplines, it explains the scientific evidence challenging SBS and advances efforts to evaluate how deaths and serious brain injuries in infants should be analysed and investigated.

Edited by: Keith A. Findley (University of Wisconsin Madison), Cyrille Rossant (University College London), Kana Sasakura (Konan University, Japan), Leila Schneps (Sorbonne Université, Paris), Waney Squier (John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 940g
ISBN: 9781009384766
ISBN 10: 1009384767
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 08 June 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Keith A. Findley is Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, and former president of the Innocence Network. Cyrille Rossant is a neuroscience researcher and software engineer at the International Brain Laboratory and University College London. Kana Sasakura is a professor of criminal procedure law at Konan University, Kobe. She is the co-director of the SBS Review Project Japan as well as the deputy director of the Innocence Project Japan. Leila Schneps is Professor of Mathematics working at Sorbonne University, Paris. She has published Math on Trial (Basic Books, 2013, with C. Colmez) about miscarriages of justice caused by mathematical errors. Waney Squier is a retired paediatric neuropathologist formerly at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. Knut Wester is a neurosurgeon, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Bergen, Norway.