Cossins Female Criminality

Infanticide, Moral Panics and The Female Body
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-29942-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 302 Seiten

Reihe: Social Sciences (R0)

This is the first book to consider the moral regulation of the female body through an analysis of the crime of infanticide. An in-depth perspective from the nineteenth century to the present, Cossins provides a revealing insight into the history of a little-known but widespread social crime.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cossins, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: 'Dumb Brutes' and Murderous Mothers 2. The Moral Panic Concept: Its History, Social Utility and Ability to Interpret Past Events 3. Regulation of the Female Body: Was Infanticide a Moral Panic of the 1800s? 4. The Moral Regulation of Infanticidal Mothers 5. The Implications of the Body for Female Criminality

Über Autor(innen)

Annie Cossins is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia.