Criminal justice responses to maternal filicide : judging the failed mother

Analysis of criminal cases reveals that women suspected of killing their newborn children are some of the most vulnerable in our society and that infanticide is not just a historical issue but one that has modern implications. While women are less likely to commit violent crime, maternal infant homi...

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Main Author Milne, Emma (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
Subjects
Mothers > Legal status, laws, etc. > England.
Mothers > Legal status, laws, etc. > Wales.
Women murderers > Legal status, laws, etc. > England.
Women murderers > Legal status, laws, etc. > Wales.
Filicide > Law and legislation > England.
Filicide > Law and legislation > Wales.
Infanticide > Law and legislation > England.
Infanticide > Law and legislation > Wales.
Mothers > England > Psychology.
Mothers > Wales > Psychology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839096228
DOI10.1108/9781839096204
Physical Description1 online resource (264 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The 'problem' of maternal filicide of newborn children
  • Chapter 2. Mothers in the courtroom I: suspicious perinatal deaths in context
  • Chapter 3. Mothers in the courtroom II: the failure of the 'mother'
  • Chapter 4. Mothers in the courtroom III: criminalising the irresponsible mother
  • Chapter 5. Mothers in law I: criminalising the 'illegitimate' mother
  • Chapter 6. Mothers in law II: foetus first
  • Chapter 7. Redressing gendered harm: the role of criminal law and criminal justice.

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