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Gordana Eljdupovic and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich (Eds), Incarcerated mothers: Oppression and resistance

Gordana Eljdupovic and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich (Eds), Incarcerated mothers: Oppression and... 596 Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 48(4) The book concludes by observing that a misogynistic medical field persecuted several women in the late 1990s and early 2000s in Britain. This critique is extended to encom- pass pediatric medicine and pathology, highlighting limitations in science and diagnostic consensus as contributors to unjust convictions. The author implicates the whole of the medical profession rather than a few individual errors. Further, what is not discussed in depth is that internationally, guidelines about appropriate expert medical testimony exist and are meant to be followed; a whole profession is not to blame if an individual does not do so. In sum, Female Criminality may be helpful for those seeking an understanding of baby-farming and moral panic, but it may be less useful to those seeking a thorough understanding of current research regarding infanticide and neonaticide. While redun- dant descriptions of moral panic and the sexed female body make the book unnecessarily long, it is quite thin regarding modern research into neonaticide and infanticide. References Friedman, S. H., Cavney, J., & Resnick, P. J. (2012). Child murder by parents and evolutionary psychology. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 35(4), 781–795. Friedman, S. H., & http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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SAGE
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2015
ISSN
0004-8658
eISSN
1837-9273
DOI
10.1177/0004865815595766
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Abstract

596 Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 48(4) The book concludes by observing that a misogynistic medical field persecuted several women in the late 1990s and early 2000s in Britain. This critique is extended to encom- pass pediatric medicine and pathology, highlighting limitations in science and diagnostic consensus as contributors to unjust convictions. The author implicates the whole of the medical profession rather than a few individual errors. Further, what is not discussed in depth is that internationally, guidelines about appropriate expert medical testimony exist and are meant to be followed; a whole profession is not to blame if an individual does not do so. In sum, Female Criminality may be helpful for those seeking an understanding of baby-farming and moral panic, but it may be less useful to those seeking a thorough understanding of current research regarding infanticide and neonaticide. While redun- dant descriptions of moral panic and the sexed female body make the book unnecessarily long, it is quite thin regarding modern research into neonaticide and infanticide. References Friedman, S. H., Cavney, J., & Resnick, P. J. (2012). Child murder by parents and evolutionary psychology. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 35(4), 781–795. Friedman, S. H., &

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologySAGE

Published: Dec 1, 2015

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