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Infanticide : expert evidence and testimony in child murder cases, 1688-1955 / Rachel Dixon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dixon, Rachel (Lecturer in Law), author.
- Series:
- Routledge SOLON explorations in crime and criminal justice histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Infanticide--History.
- Infanticide.
- Evidence, Expert--History.
- Evidence, Expert.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 222 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- Summary:
- "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 has died from natural causes or other reasons, including violence. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars Criminology, Law and History"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Dixon, Rachel. Infanticide
- ISBN:
- 9780367438890
- 0367438895
- 9780367439231
- 0367439239
- OCLC:
- 1261767540
- Publisher Number:
- 99989350069
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