Female Criminality: Infanticide, Moral Panics and the Female Body - Paperback

by A. Cossins (Author)

This is the first book to consider the moral regulation of the female body through an analysis of the crime of infanticide. An in-depth perspective from the nineteenth century to the present, Cossins provides a revealing insight into the history of a little-known but widespread social crime.

Author Biography

Annie Cossins is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia.