The Resource Murder, medicine and motherhood, Emma Cunliffe
Murder, medicine and motherhood, Emma Cunliffe
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- Summary
- "Since the early 1990s, unexplained infant death has been reformulated as a criminal justice problem within many western societies. This shift has produced wrongful convictions in more than one jurisdiction. This book uses a detailed case study of the murder trial and appeals of Kathleen Folbigg to examine the pragmatics of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It explores how legal process, medical knowledge and expectations of motherhood work together when a mother is charged with killing infants who have died in mysterious circumstances. The author argues that Folbigg, who remains in prison, was wrongly convicted. The book also employs Folbigg's trial and appeals to consider what lessons courts have learned from prior wrongful convictions, such as those of Sally Clark and Angela Cannings. The author's research demonstrates that the Folbigg court was misled about the state of medical knowledge regarding infant death, and that the case proceeded on the incorrect assumption that behavioural and scientific evidence provided independent proofs of guilt. Individual chapters critically assess the relationships between medical research and expert testimony; the operation of unexamined cultural assumptions about good mothering; and the manner in which contested cases are reported by the press as overwhelming"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 232 pages
- Note
- Based on the author's PhD dissertation, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law
- Isbn
- 9781849461573
- Label
- Murder, medicine and motherhood
- Title
- Murder, medicine and motherhood
- Statement of responsibility
- Emma Cunliffe
- Subject
-
- Infanticide
- Sudden infant death syndrome
- Filicide -- Australia -- Case studies
- Mass media -- Australia
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Case studies
- Trials, litigation, etc
- Australia
- Infanticide -- Australia -- Case studies
- Children -- Australia -- Death -- Case studies
- Infanticide -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Australia
- Sudden infant death syndrome -- Australia -- Case studies
- Trials (Murder) -- Australia -- Cases
- Maternal Behavior -- psychology -- Australia
- Filicide
- Medical jurisprudence -- Australia
- Evidence, Expert -- Australia
- Folbigg, Kathleen
- Evidence (Law) -- Australia -- Cases
- Sudden infant death syndrome -- Australia
- Infants -- Death
- Evidence (Law)
- Children -- Death
- Trials (Murder)
- Infants -- Australia -- Death -- Case studies
- Case studies
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Since the early 1990s, unexplained infant death has been reformulated as a criminal justice problem within many western societies. This shift has produced wrongful convictions in more than one jurisdiction. This book uses a detailed case study of the murder trial and appeals of Kathleen Folbigg to examine the pragmatics of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It explores how legal process, medical knowledge and expectations of motherhood work together when a mother is charged with killing infants who have died in mysterious circumstances. The author argues that Folbigg, who remains in prison, was wrongly convicted. The book also employs Folbigg's trial and appeals to consider what lessons courts have learned from prior wrongful convictions, such as those of Sally Clark and Angela Cannings. The author's research demonstrates that the Folbigg court was misled about the state of medical knowledge regarding infant death, and that the case proceeded on the incorrect assumption that behavioural and scientific evidence provided independent proofs of guilt. Individual chapters critically assess the relationships between medical research and expert testimony; the operation of unexamined cultural assumptions about good mothering; and the manner in which contested cases are reported by the press as overwhelming"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- NLM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cunliffe, Emma
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- bibliography
- legal cases and notes
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Infanticide
- Filicide
- Infants
- Children
- Sudden infant death syndrome
- Trials (Murder)
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Evidence (Law)
- Folbigg, Kathleen
- Infanticide
- Sudden infant death syndrome
- Evidence, Expert
- Medical jurisprudence
- Mass media
- Maternal Behavior
- Children
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Evidence (Law)
- Filicide
- Infanticide
- Infants
- Sudden infant death syndrome
- Trials (Murder)
- Australia
- Label
- Murder, medicine and motherhood, Emma Cunliffe
- Note
- Based on the author's PhD dissertation, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9781849461573
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011283750
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)696098987
- Label
- Murder, medicine and motherhood, Emma Cunliffe
- Note
- Based on the author's PhD dissertation, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9781849461573
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011283750
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)696098987
Subject
- Australia
- Case studies
- Children -- Australia -- Death -- Case studies
- Children -- Death
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Case studies
- Evidence (Law)
- Evidence (Law) -- Australia -- Cases
- Evidence, Expert -- Australia
- Filicide
- Filicide -- Australia -- Case studies
- Folbigg, Kathleen
- Infanticide
- Infanticide -- Australia -- Case studies
- Infanticide -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Australia
- Infants -- Australia -- Death -- Case studies
- Infants -- Death
- Mass media -- Australia
- Maternal Behavior -- psychology -- Australia
- Medical jurisprudence -- Australia
- Sudden infant death syndrome
- Sudden infant death syndrome -- Australia
- Sudden infant death syndrome -- Australia -- Case studies
- Trials (Murder)
- Trials (Murder) -- Australia -- Cases
- Trials, litigation, etc
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