Author: William CumminPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385149657
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.
The Proofs of Infanticide Considered
Author: William CumminPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infanticide
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Proofs of Infanticide Considered
Author: William CumminPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385149657
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.
The Proofs of Infanticide Considered: Including Dr. Hunter's Tract on Child Murder [entitled "On the Uncertainty of the Signs of Murder, in the Case of Bastard Children"], with Illustrative Notes; and a Summary of the Present State of Medico-legal Knowledge on that Subject
Author: William CUMMIN (M.D.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Infanticide
Author: Rachel DixonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000474143
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Infanticide examines medical expert evidence in infanticide cases, focusing specifically on the shifting notion of "certainty" in medical testimony. Beginning in the Early Modern period and concluding in the mid-twentieth century, it considers how courts determined whether an infant died from natural causes or other reasons, including violence. The book explores expert evidence in cases of infanticide and examines the extent of certainty created by medical specialists who founded their testimony on anatomical exploration and science. As the book progresses, it becomes clear that medical specialists were unable to scientifically establish cause of death and in doing so conveyed uncertainty in court proceedings. Rather than being regarded as a professional failing, Dixon argues that the uncertainty created by medical specialists redirected the outcomes of infanticide cases. The combination of uncertainty and the changing perceptions of infanticidal women by the court lead juries to find infanticidal women not guilty of a capital offence in many cases. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Criminology, Law and History.
The Proofs of Infanticide
Author: William CumminPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016931762
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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The proof of infanticide considered : including Dr. Hunter's tract on child murder
Author: William CumminPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infanticide
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Writing British Infanticide
Author: Jennifer ThornPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874138191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Writing British Infanticide tracks the ways that the circulation of narratives of child-murder in eighteenth- and nineteenth century Britain shaped perceptions and punishments of the crime and, more elusively, hierarchies of class and gender. The essays brought together in this volume pose the question: How are we to understand the proliferation of writing about child-murder in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, the overlap of an expanding print culture with the widely evident narration of this particular crime? Further, what are we to make of the recurrent and remarkably consistent representation of child-murder as the special province of unmarried, desparate women? Focussing on specific instances of the transformative effect of the circulation of narratives of child-murder, 'Writing British Infanticide' takes as its purview not child-murder per se but the ways that writing about its credentialed and differentiated writers in different, but often overlapping, genres and moments in a key period in the expansion of print. Jennifer Thorn is an Assistant Professor of English at Duke University.
On the Medico-legal Proofs of Infanticide
Author: A. H. DavidInfanticide
Author: RACHEL. DIXON-GOODALLPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367438890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Infanticide examines medical expert evidence in infanticide cases, focusing specifically on the shifting notion of 'certainty' in medical testimony. Beginning in the early modern period and concluding in the mid-twentieth century, it considers how courts determined whether an infant has died from natural causes or other reasons, including violence. This book explores expert evidence in cases of infanticide and examines the extent of certainty created by medical specialists who founded their testimony on anatomical exploration and science. As the book progresses, it becomes clear that medical specialists were unable to scientifically establish cause of death, and in doing so conveyed uncertainty in court proceedings. Rather than being regarded as a professional failing, Dixon argues that the uncertainty created by medical specialists redirected the outcomes of infanticide cases. The combination of uncertainty and the changing perceptions of infanticidal women by the court lead juries to find infanticidal women not guilty of a capital offence in many cases. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars Criminology, Law and History.
Infanticide and Filicide
Author: Gina Wong, Ph.D.Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN: 1615373519
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
"Maternal filicide-the killing of a child by the mother-is not a new phenomenon. Evidence of mothers killing their infants dates back to at least 2000 B.C.E. and the ancient Chaldean civilization. The trial of Andrea Yates in 2001 for drowning her five children, however, captured the public attention in a way few similar cases had before. Initially met with public shock and outrage, the Yates case also spotlighted postpartum psychosis and maternal mental health forensics-the intersection of maternal mental illness and the criminal justice system. Coedited by George Parnham, the attorney who successfully defended Yates, this book includes his narrative account of how he first heard about and came to take on the case. It also features real case examples from more than 30 experts in the field representing eight countries. In addition, the book includes a chapter on paternal filicide, an important subject that receives far too little attention in the literature. Firmly rooted in research, thorough in its description of theory, and packed with practical applications, this volume highlights the necessary competency areas for those involved in maternal mental health forensics, whether psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, or lawyers"--