A. Cossins
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2015
9781349452743
Female Criminality
Infanticide, Moral Panics and The Female Body
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2015
ISBN13: 9781349452743
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
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.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349452743
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
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