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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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Hlavní autor: Milne, Emma (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
Témata:
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.
Social Science > Criminology.
Crime & criminology.
Mothers.
On-line přístup:https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839096204
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Obsah:
  • 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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