Female Criminality [electronic resource] : Infanticide, Moral Panics and The Female Body /
Cossins, A.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 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 Nineteenth Century?; 4 The Moral Regulation of Infanticidal Mothers; PART 1: Introduction; PART 2: The female body on trial in the twentieth century; 5 The Implications of the Body for Female Criminality; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Social history.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Criminology.
Sociology.
Well-being.
Children.
Social History.
Crime and Society.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Gender Studies.
Child Well-being.
Sociology, general.