Female Criminality
Infanticide, Moral Panics and The Female Body
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology, Gender Studies, History
| Author: | A. Cossins | ISBN: | 9781137299420 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | January 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | A. Cossins |
| ISBN: | 9781137299420 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | January 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
