Female Criminality: Infanticide, Moral Panics and The Female Body

Cossins, A.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349452743

DOI: 10.1057/9781137299420

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 302