A most diabolical deed' : Infanticide and Irish society, 1850-1900

Examining the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900, this title is based on a large sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Through a variety of sources, attitudes towards the crime of infanticide and women accused of the of...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Oxford University Press USA, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kvinnliga mördare > historia.
Barnamord > historia.
Living conditions.
Criminals.
Infanticide > Ireland > 19th century.
Levnadsförhållanden.
Brottslingar.
Barnamord > Irland > 1800-talet.
Infanticide > Law and legislation.
Infanticide.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
HISTORY > Europe > Ireland.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Infanticide > Irlande > Études de cas.
Infanticide > Irlande > Histoire > 19e siecle.
History, 19th Century
Confidentiality > history
Infanticide > history
Infanticide > Law and legislation > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Infanticide > Ireland > Case studies.
Infanticide > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Ireland.
Irlande.
Ireland
Narratives.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 'A melancholy thing' : an overview
  • 'Dead children, like drowned sailors, tell no tales' : coroners' courts
  • 'That species of crime' : criminal courts
  • 'Rumour, with its hundred tongues' : the community
  • 'News of the ghastly spectacle' : the press
  • 'A very great escape' : prisons.

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