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1 online resource (247 pages) |
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| Contents |
Cunliffe_EB661 Murder, Medicine and Motherhood 9781847316608; Cunliffe_EB661 Murder, Medicine and Motherhood 9781847316608.pdf; Prelims; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; List of Illustrations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Folbigg Case; Chapter 3. Unexplained Infant Death: A Shifting Theory of Maternal Culpability; Chapter 4. Distinguishing Homicide from SIDS; Chapter 5. The Scientific Case against Folbigg; Chapter 6. A Mother Who Would Kill Her Children; Chapter 7. Reading Guilt: Kathleen Folbigg's Diaries; Chapter 8. Media Monster. |
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Chapter 9. ConclusionBibliography; Appendix. Chronology of Folbigg Children's Lives and Deaths; Index. |
| Summary |
Since the early 1990s, unexplained infant death has been reformulated as a criminal justice problem within many western societies. This shift has produced wrongful convictions in more than one jurisdiction. This book uses a detailed case study of the murder trial and appeals of Kathleen Folbigg to examine the pragmatics of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It explores how legal process, medical knowledge and expectations of motherhood work together when a mother is charged with killing infants who have died in mysterious circumstances. The author argues that Folbigg, who remains in prison, was. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
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Filicide.
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Filicide. |
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Evidence (Law)
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Evidence (Law) |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Australia. |
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Evidence (Law) -- Australia -- Cases.
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Filicide -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cunliffe, Emma. Murder, Medicine and Motherhood. Oxford : Hart, ©2011 9781849461573 |
| ISBN |
9781847316608 (electronic book) |
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1847316603 (electronic book) |
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9781849461573 |
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1849461570 |
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9786613340245 |
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