03061oam 22006614a 450 991081067370332120220308002109.01-5261-0224-21-5261-0223-410.7765/9781526102232(CKB)3710000000529314(SSID)ssj0001595982(PQKBManifestationID)16296238(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001595982(PQKBWorkID)14885027(PQKB)10166259(MiAaPQ)EBC4713677(OCoLC)982026469(MdBmJHUP)muse59543(BIP)041775160(DE-B1597)659483(DE-B1597)9781526102232(EXLCZ)99371000000052931420170321d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrA most diabolical deed'Infanticide and Irish society, 1850–1900[Place of publication not identified] :Manchester Univ Press,2016.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2017©2016.1 online resource (305 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7190-8820-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book examines the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900, examining a sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Evidence for this study has been gleaned from a variety of sources, including court documents, coroners'records, prison files, parliamentary papers, and newspapers. Through these sources, many of which are rarely used by scholars, attitudes towards the crime, the women accused of the offence, and the victim, are revealed. Although infant murder was a capital offence during this period, none of thewomen found guilty of the crime were executed, suggesting a degree of sympathy and understanding towards the accused. Infanticide cases also allude to complex dynamics and tensions between employers and servants, parents and pregnant daughters, judges and defendants, and prison authorities andinmates. This book highlights much about the lived realities of nineteenth-century Ireland.InfanticideLaw and legislationIrelandHistory19th centuryInfanticideIrelandCase studiesInfanticideIrelandHistory19th centurySOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's StudiesbisacshInfanticideIrelandSocial ScienceHistoryInfanticideLaw and legislationHistoryInfanticideInfanticideHistorySOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies.364.1523Farrell Elaine1160607MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910810673703321A most diabolical deed3955333UNINA