| Unwilling Mothers, Unwanted Babies: Infanticide in Canada Contributor(s): Kramar, Kirsten (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774811773 ISBN-13: 9780774811774 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Family Law - Children - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Law | Gender & The Law |
| Series: Law and Society (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.08" W x 8.98" (0.73 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |