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Hard to Place: A Crime of Alcohol is a unique peronal account about the difficulties faced by a family when a loved one is charged with a capital crime. It reveals the fine line between what seems like a clear case of guilt while leaving the reader with doubts as to whether justice is served, given the legal versus medical/psychological perspectives of the crime and the complicated issue of fault.
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Katherine Norgard, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and psychodrama practitioner. She teaches at Arizona State U. and consults internationally and at Cottonwood de Tucson, a substance abuse/psychiatric inpatient facility. She has a limited private practice and works with political refugees in addition to her advocacy work in the community. She also co-authored the book "Child Abuse and Neglect: Sharing Responsibility.
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account of her son's death row experiences offers compelling insight into the quicksand of the criminal justice system. --Judge Rudy Gerber, Ariz Court of Appeals (Ret.)
Devoted mother fighting to save her son. . . . unveils an adoption procedure that did not disclose his inutero exposure to alcohol. --Francis L. Moore, M.D., Med. Director, Cottonwood de Tucson
unique personal and professional insight into difficulties a family faces when a loved one is charged with a capital crime. --Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier, Prof. of Law, CUNY School of Law
Devoted mother fighting to save her son. . . . unveils an adoption procedure that did not disclose his inutero exposure to alcohol. --Francis L. Moore, M.D., Med. Director, Cottonwood de Tucson
unique personal and professional insight into difficulties a family faces when a loved one is charged with a capital crime. --Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier, Prof. of Law, CUNY School of Law
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- PublisherRecovery Resources Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0967201543
- ISBN 13 9780967201542
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages184
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Inscribed and signed by author on title-page: "to Lesly spread compassion, Kathy". Includes folded info sheet from the publisher, laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 64236
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed "Dear Paula, Spread compassion, Love Kathy" Dr. Norgard's first person account of her son's death row experiences, a mother's effort to discover at the eleventh hour her son's pre-adoption medical history (history of in-utero exposure to alcohol), and how to use that history to save his life, a gripping description of the chasm between law and medicine. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Seller Inventory # 004609
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