The Good, the Bad and the Unnatural
A Study of Coroners' Decisions in Northern Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3365217 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Prior (0000-0001-9903-5841, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-90 |
| Publication date | 1985-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-954x.1985.tb00788.x |
| OpenAlex | W1986312515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 15 |
This paper is concerned with an examination of the investigatory resources and explanatory principles which surround the dead. The central focus is upon the distinctions which are drawn between natural and unnatural death, and the paper has two main aims. First, it attempts to measure the direction and flow of investigatory and observatory power which emanates from the coroners' court. Second, it attempts to unravel the connotations embodied in the concept of unnatural death. It is argued that the characteristics of the natural and the unnatural are not to be found within the anatomy or physiology of the corpse, but rather in the principles of an aetiological framework which seeks to decontextualise death and disease from their social base, and which consequently distorts our vision of the human condition at death. The data on which the arguments are based are drawn from studies of those deemed to have died unnaturally in Belfast at various periods during the twentieth century
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Criminology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Explanatory power · Natural (archaeology) · Political science · Power (physics) · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Law · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Philosophy
Invisible women? The importance of gender in lay beliefs about heart problems
I can't put that on paper.’ How medical professional values shape the content of death certificates
Introduction
Vital comparisons
Documenting the Quick and the Dead
Durkheim on Religion and Suicide - A Demographic Critique
Policing the Dead
Artefact explanations of inequalities in health
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2016 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |