{"product_id":"infanticide-rachel-dixon-9780367438890","title":"Infanticide: Expert Evidence and Testimony in Child Murder Cases, 1688-1955","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInfanticide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e 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 died from natural causes or other reasons, including violence.　 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book explores expert evidence in cases of infanticide and examines the extent of certainty created by medical specialists who founded their testimony on anatomical exploration and science. As the book progresses, it becomes clear that medical specialists were unable to scientifically establish cause of death and in doing so conveyed uncertainty in court proceedings. Rather than being regarded as a professional failing, Dixon argues that the uncertainty created by medical specialists redirected the outcomes of infanticide cases. The combination of uncertainty and the changing perceptions of infanticidal women by the court lead juries to find infanticidal women not guilty of a capital offence in many cases. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Criminology, Law and History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Dixon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367438895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367438890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Rachel Dixon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982396457215,"sku":"9780367438890","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f93859d-4c4c-48b7-ba51-cad38980e214.jpg?v=1683260918","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/infanticide-rachel-dixon-9780367438890","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}