Unwilling mothers, unwanted babies : infanticide in Canada / / Kirsten Johnson Kramar
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| Autore: |
Kramar Kirsten Johnson <1965->
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| Titolo: |
Unwilling mothers, unwanted babies : infanticide in Canada / / Kirsten Johnson Kramar
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| Pubblicazione: | Vancouver : , : UBC Press, , 2005 |
| ©2005 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (227 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 345.71/02523 |
| Soggetto topico: | Infanticide - Canada |
| Infanticide - Canada - History | |
| Sociological jurisprudence | |
| Infanticide - Canada - Histoire | |
| Sociologie juridique | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "This book traces twentieth-century Canadian criminal justice responses to women who kill their newly born babies. Initially, juries were reluctant to convict these women of murder since it carried the death penalty. The current "infanticide" law was adopted in 1948 to impose uniformity on legal practice and to ensure a homicide conviction. Even then, prosecutors faced considerable difficulties, but now, amidst media pressure, and with public attitudes possibly hardening, there are calls for the repeal of the infanticide law and the adoption of a draconian framework to deal with these cases."--Amazon.com |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Unwilling mothers, unwanted babies |
| ISBN: | 0-7748-5150-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783745403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)