Chris Brook
Doubling down on junk science to ensure shaken baby convictions
Earlier this month, Jesse Vinaccia was sentenced to 8.5 years jail for supposedly shaking to death his then girlfriend’s 17 week old son....
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Chris Brook
- Oct 2, 2019
- 5 min
Independent Science vs Motivated Advocacy: why can’t medical doctors spot the difference?
The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services, called the SBU, was established in 1987 and became...
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Chris Brook
- Sep 16, 2019
- 3 min
An Anti-Science conference
The National Centre on Shaken Baby Syndrome conference is being held in Sydney this week. The National (U.S.) Centre on SBS is a well...
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Chris Brook
- Sep 12, 2019
- 3 min
Look away now CSI fans: why forensics is not science and why that should concern you
In July of 2018 in Victoria, Joby Rowe was convicted of shaking to death his three month old daughter Alanah. Alanah had no external...
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Chris Brook
- Sep 7, 2019
- 3 min
Joby Rowe: 9 year sentence based on Junk Science
Joby Rowe was convicted of child homicide in the Supreme Court of Victoria in August 2018, found to have shaken to death his three month...
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Chris Brook
- Sep 6, 2019
- 4 min
Shaken Baby Syndrome: It is not science.
In Boston in 1997, nineteen year old British nanny Louise Woodward was accused of murdering Matthew Eappen, an 8 month old child under...
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