Scrutinising the Other: Incapacity, Suspicion and Manipulation in a Death Investigation
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Article Title | Scrutinising the Other: Incapacity, Suspicion and Manipulation in a Death Investigation |
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ERA Journal ID | 11461 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Carpenter, Belinda (Author), Tait, Gordon (Author), Quadrelli, Carol A. (Author) and Drayton, John (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Intercultural Studies |
Journal Citation | 36 (2), pp. 113-128 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0725-6868 |
1469-9540 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2015.1008436 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07256868.2015.1008436 |
Abstract | In common law countries like England, Australia, the USA and Canada, certain deaths come to be investigated through the coronial system. These include sudden, unnatural or suspicious deaths as well as those which appear to be the result of naturally occurring disease but the precise cause is unknown. When a reportable death occurs in Australia, a number of professional groups become involved in its investigation – police, coroners, pathologists and counsellors. While research has demonstrated the importance of training and education for staff in the context of criminal investigations – with its over-representation of vulnerable and marginalised populations – this is less likely to occur in the context of death investigations, despite such investigations also involving the over-representation of vulnerable populations. This paper, part of larger funded research on the decision-making of coronial professionals in the context of cultural and religious difference, explores the ways in which cultural and religious minority groups – in this case Islam, Judaism and Indigeneity – become differently positioned during the death investigation based upon how they are perceived as ‘other’. Our research raises three issues. First, positioning as ‘the other’ is dependent on the professional training of the staff member, with police and pathologists far more likely than coroners to be suspicious or ignorant of difference. Second, specific historical and contemporary events effect the Othering of religious and cultural difference. Third, the grieving practices associated with religious and cultural difference can be collectively Othered through their perceived opposition to modernity. |
Keywords | Autopsy; Coronial Investigation; Indigeneity; Islam; Judaism; Modernity; Othering |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 441011. Sociology of health |
480403. Law and humanities | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Department of Health, Queensland | |
Funding source | Grant ID http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP100200393 |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q78xq/scrutinising-the-other-incapacity-suspicion-and-manipulation-in-a-death-investigation
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