Nobody's Child by Susan Nordin Vinocour

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/160753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nobody's Child Author: Susan Nordin Vinocour Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: mp3 Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins Release date: 03-31-20 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 14 ratings Genres: History Publisher's Summary: Nobody's Child traces the legal definition of "insanity" back to its inception in Victorian Britain nearly 200 years ago, from when our understanding of the human mind was in its infancy, to today, when questions of race, class, and ability so often determine who is legally "insane" and who is criminally guilty. Vinocour explains how "competency" and "insanity" are creatures of a legal system, not of psychiatric reality, and how, in criminal law, the insanity defense has too often been a luxury of the rich and white.