Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide: Judging the Failed Mother

by Emma Milne

Book Overview

Analysis of criminal cases reveals that women suspected of killing their newborn children are some of the most vulnerable in our society and that infanticide is not just a historical issue but one that has modern implications. While women are less likely to commit violent crime, maternal infant homicide is an enduring form of offending that needs to be understood in a wider social context.

In Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839096233
• ISBN13: 9781839096235
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"