Infanticide examines medical expert evidence in infanticide cases, focusing specifically on the shifting notion of 'certainty' in medical testimony.

Rachel Dixon began her career as a nurse and later a midwife before studying Law at the University of Hull, Hull, England. She is currently a lecturer in Law at the University of Hull, where she teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. This book is her PhD thesis and her first publication.

Introduction

1. A historiography of infanticide and the use of medical experts in criminal trials
2. Midwifery evidence in infanticide cases
3. The role of medical men in infanticide cases
4. Medical evidence and mental state of the infanticidal woman
5. The expert evidence of the pathologist in infanticide cases
6. Conclusion

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