Female Criminality Infanticide, Moral Panics and The Female Body
Description
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.
Keywords
HistorySocial HistorySocial ScienceCriminologyGender StudiesEducationSchoolsLevelsEarly Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)Sociology
2015Book
Author(s)A. Cossins
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781349452743
LanguageEnglish
