Female Criminality
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.
| Autor: | Cossins, A. |
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| ISBN: | 9781349452743 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 302 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Veröffentlicht: | 01.01.2015 |
| Untertitel: | Infanticide, Moral Panics and The Female Body |
| Schlagworte: | Moral panics body child murder concept crime criminality female infant infanticide women |
Annie Cossins is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia.