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Infanticide
- Expert Evidence and Testimony in Child Murder Cases, 1688–1955
Engelsk
Bogcover for Infanticide af Rachel Dixon, 9780367439231
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
222
ISBN-13:
9780367439231
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0367439239
Udg. Dato:
31 maj 2023
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6
Oplagsdato:
31 maj 2023
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Infanticide

- Expert Evidence and Testimony in Child Murder Cases, 1688–1955
Engelsk
Paperback 2023
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Infanticide examines medical expert evidence in infanticide cases, focusing specifically on the shifting notion of "certainty" in medical testimony. Beginning in the Early Modern period and concluding in the mid-twentieth century, it considers how courts determined whether an infant died from natural causes or other reasons, including violence.

The book explores expert evidence in cases of infanticide and examines the extent of certainty created by medical specialists who founded their testimony on anatomical exploration and science. As the book progresses, it becomes clear that medical specialists were unable to scientifically establish cause of death and in doing so conveyed uncertainty in court proceedings. Rather than being regarded as a professional failing, Dixon argues that the uncertainty created by medical specialists redirected the outcomes of infanticide cases. The combination of uncertainty and the changing perceptions of infanticidal women by the court lead juries to find infanticidal women not guilty of a capital offence in many cases.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Criminology, Law and History.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
222
ISBN-13:
9780367439231
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0367439239
Udg. Dato:
31 maj 2023
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6
Oplagsdato:
31 maj 2023
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