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Infanticide Rachel Dixon

Infanticide By Rachel Dixon

Infanticide by Rachel Dixon

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Summary

Infanticide examines medical expert evidence in infanticide cases, focusing specifically on the shifting notion of 'certainty' in medical testimony.

Infanticide Summary

Infanticide: Expert Evidence and Testimony in Child Murder Cases, 1688-1955 by Rachel Dixon

- The first book to examine medical expert evidence in infanticide cases focusing in particular on the shifting notion of 'certainty' in medical testimony.
- Explores the changing relationship between medical experts and the courts.
- Explores the changing perception of infanticidal women by the courts.

About Rachel Dixon

Rachel Dixon began her career as a nurse and later a midwife before studying Law at the University of Hull, Hull, England. She is currently a lecturer in Law at the University of Hull, where she teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. This book is her PhD thesis and her first publication.

Table of Contents

Introduction

  2. A historiography of infanticide and the use of medical experts in criminal trials

  4. Midwifery evidence in infanticide cases

  6. The role of medical men in infanticide cases

  8. Medical evidence and mental state of the infanticidal woman

  10. The expert evidence of the pathologist in infanticide cases

  12. Conclusion

Bibliography

Additional information

NPB9780367438890
9780367438890
0367438895
Infanticide: Expert Evidence and Testimony in Child Murder Cases, 1688-1955 by Rachel Dixon
Rachel Dixon
Routledge SOLON Explorations in Crime and Criminal Justice Histories
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021-11-19
222
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