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by rossant 3y ago
Yes. I suggest everyone to look into the fantastic work done by the Innocence Project [1] and the Innocence Network [2]. Also, the Innocence Files is a must-watch on Netflix [3]. [1] https://innocenceproject.org/ [2] https
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by rossant 3y ago
Yes, Innocence Project cofounder Barry Scheck was the defense attorney in the Woodward case and he wrote a long foreword to our book about it. It starts like this: "After a Quarter of a Century, Have Any Lessons Been Learned from the T
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by rossant 3y ago
He underwent surgery to remove the excess of fluid around the brain, and his condition progressively improved. It could have worsened without the operation, we'll never know. Now, at almost 8, he's doing great. I've seen case
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by rossant 3y ago
> We're specifically talking about resistance to accepting the idea because accepting it would mean reclassifying actions you yourself had taken from "very good" to "very bad". That's exactly it. I'd
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by rossant 3y ago
Yes, as others have said. However, this is a legitimate question, because in these specific cases, the burden of proof tends to be on the side of the defendant who needs to prove they didn't harm their child. That's obviously impo
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by rossant 3y ago
Yeah, it's hard to say for sure what kind of injuries you'll get from violent shaking, as we obviously can't reproduce it on actual babies, and there are so few well-described cases. Studies have been made on animal models, s
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by rossant 3y ago
This is spot on. This psychological barrier is probably the number one obstacle to a wider recognition of the existence and extent of this problem. People like me who challenge the science behind the diagnoses of SBS face an absolutely unpr
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by rossant 3y ago
That's indeed what I said, but I was cautious. I'd have to dig into the latest literature to be sure, but I don't remember seeing even 1 case where shaking with no impact was independently witnessed or videotaped, and was s
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by rossant 3y ago
Well, I was very surprised to discover that shaking appears to be a highly common and widespread form of child abuse in the world [1]. It may affect 2-3% of all babies in the US and other developed countries, and the rate may be 10x or more
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by rossant 3y ago
Yes, I met other parents with higher education/a scientific background (researchers, engineers...) and living the same situation with their child. They naturally question the assertions by healthcare professionals, they make their own
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by rossant 3y ago
This is a thing in most Western countries! Especially in the US. It dates back to the 1960s [1]. Most parents don't realize that anytime they interact with a medical doctor (or another professional), they interact with someone who wa
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by rossant 3y ago
That actually happened to me, not with the police though, but with social workers. I explained the situation in a very calm, concise, and perhaps emotionally detached manner because this is just my personality. They wrote in their report th
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by rossant 3y ago
Yes, after discovering hundreds of families living much worse situations, I consider myself as one of the lucky few. I'm grateful for that and this is why I can spend so much energy ensuring it doesn't affect too many other famili
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by rossant 3y ago
I'm starting to see AI studies on the medical detection of child abuse, which unfortunately reproduce the same biases as the low-quality clinical data they are based on. An AI that would detect subdural and retinal hemorrhage without e
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by rossant 3y ago
I don't think you should worry too much. Abusive shaking really involves extreme forces. "Routine shaking" occurring during play is not expected to be harmful to healthy children. Games should be adapted to the age of childre
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by rossant 3y ago
I agree. This is clearly visible in trials where emotion plays a big part. An innocent childminder being charged with murder can't really compete with the extraordinarily charged testimony of grieving, devastated and sincere parents wh
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by rossant 3y ago
Exactly. I met many people like this. The notion of groupthink comes to mind: "Unquestioned belief in the morality of the group, causing members to ignore the consequences of their actions." See https://en.m.wikipedia.o
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by rossant 3y ago
I wish, unfortunately I'm not a criminal defense lawyer nor a medical doctor! And I don't intend to be one anytime soon. ;) I think the most productive thing I can at least try to do is to raise awareness among lawyers, doctors, a
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by rossant 3y ago
Sure, done: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37650402 I totally agree. This is insufferable. This is not just a virtual, academic subject to me. I've cofounded an association of French families [1] that has been co
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A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma controversy(cambridgeblog.org)
1018 points by rossant 3y ago|600 comments
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by rossant 3y ago
"Junk science" doesn't really capture the nuance associated with this diagnosis. Although SBS is a highly disputed and contested diagnosis, most medical authorities (Mayo Clinic, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the CDC...
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by rossant 3y ago
See also John Grisham's piece on this case : https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-may-execute-a-man-based-o...
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by rossant 3y ago
I don't know anything about hypnosis, but I think the comment you replied too made an analogy between the contested science of SBS, and the unreliability of hypnosis induced testimonies. There are many other scientific methods in crimi
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by rossant 3y ago
Shaking and child abuse are obviously real things. However, the way to diagnose shaken baby syndrome has been the subject of an ongoing scientific controversy for decades. With several colleagues, we have just published a textbook about thi
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by rossant 3y ago
Yes, while the first edition was published in 2014 and the second in 2018, most recipes in chapters 7-15 should still work fine with current versions of Python/NumPy/Jupyter etc. They illustrate generic methods in numerical comput
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Law Needs to Keep Up with Science in Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases(news.bloomberglaw.com)
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Kathleen Folbigg says her freedom is a victory for science and especially truth(theguardian.com)
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by rossant 3y ago
No, I have not served as an expert witness. Based on the available literature, it is challenging to definitively determine whether certain findings are specific to abuse. There are limited options to reliably assess true positive and true n
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by rossant 3y ago
Thanks! Exactly, most people only know the prevention side of SBS (which is obviously critically important) and not the controversial side. It is uncontested that one should never shake a baby, which can cause lasting damage. What is contes
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New book on the scientific controversy surrounding Shaken Baby Syndrome(cyrille.rossant.net)
12 points by rossant 3y ago|5 comments

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