Murder, Medicine and Motherhood.
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- 9781847316608
- 1847316603
- 9781849461573
- 1849461570
- 1283340240
- 9781283340243
- 9781472565556
- 147256555X
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Filicide
- Evidence (Law)
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Case studies
- Evidence (Law) -- Australia -- Cases
- Filicide -- Australia -- Case studies
- Filicide
- Preuve (Droit)
- Preuve (Droit) -- Australie -- Jurisprudence
- Filicide -- Australie -- Études de cas
- LAW -- Criminal Procedure
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Evidence (Law)
- Filicide
- Australia
- 345.05
- HV6541.A8 C86 2011
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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.
Chapter 9. ConclusionBibliography; Appendix. Chronology of Folbigg Children's Lives and Deaths; Index.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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