Coroners in the Anglophone World

Death, Truth, Accountability and Justice
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-032-87176-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Coroners conduct vital work in establishing the truth about how people die; whether groups or individuals should be held to account for the death; delivering justice for the bereaved and wider community in the aftermath of that death; and learning lessons that prevent future deaths. Although vital, their work is largely under-acknowledged and under-researched. This book addresses that knowledge gap by critically examining the work of coroners in four Anglophone countries. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach by considering coronial principles and practice in the context of social, political, economic and legal perspectives.

The book uses a separate case study and concept in each chapter to provide readers with a contextualised understanding of how coroners go about their work in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, and New Zealand. As a human rights discourse becomes more embedded in legal systems and prominent in political and social worlds, the work of coroners has become increasingly relevant. The book argues that a focus on systemic and structural causes of death has emerged from an evolution of coronial principles and practice. As such, it argues that the role of coroners in the 21st century should be reconsidered to focus more on public health and the prevention of future deaths and harms.

This book offers an essential reference tool for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in various disciplines such as medicine, nursing, criminology, sociology, psychology, law, social policy, public health, governance and forensics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baker, David

Dillon, Hugh

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Enter Cassandra 1. To the Dead We Owe Only the Truth 2. Natural and Unnatural Deaths: Suicide, Discretion and Causation 3. Lost In a Coronial Dead Sea: Preventing Deaths and Serious Harms 4. Tensions in Coronial Practice: Managerialism v Humanity and Recognition 5. The Design and Structure of Coronial Systems 6. Independence and Interdependence: Complex Relationships 7. Hopes, Rights, and Perceptions: Existential Tensions and Political Priorities 8. Reconsidering Coroners

Über Autor(innen)

David Baker is a Reader in Criminology at the University of Liverpool. His research focuses on accountability and regulation – specifically in relation to people who die after contact with state agencies. He is currently conducting research into avoidable deaths in mental healthcare in both custodial and community settings.

Hugh Dillon is an Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales Law School, Australia. He is a former Deputy State Coroner and judge of the Local Court. He has written extensively on coronial systems reform and coronial practice in Australia.