{"product_id":"murder-medicine-and-motherhood-emma-cunliffe-9781849461573","title":"Murder, Medicine and Motherhood","description":"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. 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 behavioral and scientific evidence provided independent proofs of guilt. The book critically assesses 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Cunliffe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849461570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849461573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Emma Cunliffe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983195799807,"sku":"9781849461573","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3914843-38c3-4437-b20b-fc64837b1820.jpg?v=1683265215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/murder-medicine-and-motherhood-emma-cunliffe-9781849461573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}