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| ISBN: | 9781847316608
1847316603
9781849461573
1849461570
1283340240
9781283340243
9781472565556
147256555X
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| 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.
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| Other form: | Print version: Cunliffe, Emma. Murder, Medicine and Motherhood. Oxford : Hart, ©2011 9781849461573
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| Standard no.: | 9786613340245
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