Index
Emma Milne
(Durham University, UK)
Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide: Judging the failed mother
ISBN: 978-1-83909-621-1, eISBN: 978-1-83909-620-4
Publication date: 27 August 2021
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Milne, E. (2021), "Index", Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide: Judging the failed mother, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 183-185. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-620-420211010
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2021 Emma Milne
INDEX
Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate footnotes.
Abortion
, 65–7, 94–95, 121, 133–140, 149, 151, 152, 155–156
History of
, 115–118
Abortion Act 1967
, 8–9, 73, 94,134, 137
Act to Prevent the Destroying and Murthering of Bastard Children, An 1624
, 106, 108–109, 114
Actuarial calculations
, 89
Actuarialism
, 89
Agency
, 71–72, 91, 149–151
Bad mother
, 53
Bastardry
, 103–104
Births and Deaths Registration Act
, 87n6, 152n9
Born alive rule
, 3–5, 105–6, 119, 129–130, 139
Child destruction
, 5, 73, 117–118, 129–130, 139n23
Children and Young Persons Act 1933
, 4n11, 129n5
Concealed/denied pregnancy
, 28–34 (see also Crisis pregnancy)
Concealment of birth
, 5, 131–133
History of
, 108–109, 112
Constructive manslaughter
, 130n9
Criminal Justice Act 2003
, 90
Crisis pregnancy
, 34–38
in dock
, 40–48
as evidence of motive
, 44–48
failure to appreciate crisis pregnancy
, 49
leading to suspected homicide
, 38–40
Defence barristers
, 15n31
Feminist theorisation of motherhood
, 53–54
Filicide
, 7–8
Foetal homicide laws, (see foetal protection laws)
Foetal protection laws
, 140–141
Foetus
, 3, 127, 156–7
failure to put foetus first
, 81–84
foetal protection in United States
, 140–144
putting foetus/child at risk
, 84–90
Foetus-first mentality
, 74–81
Freebirthers
, 87n7
Gendered harm
, 96, 145
of pregnancy
, 151
women, crime, and agency
, 149–151
Good mother
, 53, 55
Governmentality
, 77, 97
Homicide
, 4
Homicide Act 1957
, 48n9
Homicide Index
, 9
Homicide offences
, 4, 128
Households Below Average Income (HBAI)
, 154n16
Illegitimacy
, 104–108, 117–118
‘Illegitimate’ mother
, 101, 146–147 (see also Suspected mothers in courtroom)
criminal end to pregnancy
, 115–118
lewd women to ‘disturbed’ of mind
, 108–115
lewd women to bad mothers
, 124–125
murder of bastard children
, 102–108
unending danger of women’s sexuality
, 118–124
Individual risk model of pregnancy
, 78–79
Individualised reproductive dysfunction
, 48
Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 (ILPA)
, 5n14, 117, 130n6, 152
Infanticide
, 4, 7
Infanticide Act 1922
, 111, 113–114
Infanticide Act 1938
, 4
‘Irresponsible’ mother
, 73
failure to put foetus first
, 81–84
foetus-first mentality
, 74–81
legitimate risk
, 91–99
putting foetus/child at risk
, 84–90
Judges
, 15n31
Legitimate risk
, 91–99
Legitimation (process of)
, 148n4
Liberal governance of pregnancy
, 77–78
Live birth
, 4–5
Loss of self-control
, 98n14
Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs)
, 147
Lord Ellenborough’s Act, (see Malicious Shooting or Stabbing Act 1803)
Malicious Shooting or Stabbing Act 1803
, 108–9, 115
Masculine privilege
, 98
Maternal failure, individualising
, 69–72
Maternal management of risks
, 91
Medicalisation of pregnancy
, 74–76
Menu of offences
, 4–7, 101, 119, 125, 148, 156
Miscarriage
, 5
Mother, failure of
, 51
individualising maternal failure
, 69–72
myths of motherhood
, 52–56
suspected mothers in courtroom
, 56–69
Mother-blame
, 55
Murder of bastard children
, 102–108
Myths of motherhood
, 40, 52–56
Narratives
, 20
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
, 128
Natural birth
, 76
Neonaticide
, 35–36
Neonaticide
, 7–8
Newborn children
, 1
approach to research
, 12–20
cases
, 20–26
function and operation of criminal law and justice
, 2
suspicious perinatal deaths
, 7–12
Non-psychotic denial of pregnancy
, 29–30
Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (OAPA)
, 5n12, 73n1, 110n10–11, 116, 133
Pre-eclampsia
, 76
Pregnancy
, 151
conceptualisation
, 73
context
, 37–38
criminal end to
, 115–118
norm of
, 41–44
reported awareness
, 32–33
Procuring a miscarriage
, 5, 12, 115–118, 130n6, 133–140
Prosecutors
, 15n31
Quickening
, 115n19
‘Real’ mother
, 57–67
Risk
, 78
discourses
, 79–80
legitimate risk
, 91–99
management
, 97
putting foetus/child at risk
, 84–90
taking
, 97
Rule of Law
, 96, 98, 150
Sexuality of women
, 2, 6n16, 93, 102, 103–107, 112–115, 116–118, 118–125, 147–8, 158
Solicitors
, 15n31
Suspected mothers in courtroom
, 56–69
‘real’ mother
, 57–67
sin of mother
, 67–69
Suspicious perinatal deaths
, 7, 27
concealed/denied pregnancy
, 28–34
crisis pregnancy
, 34–38
crisis pregnancy in dock
, 40–48
crisis pregnancy leading to suspected homicide
, 38–40
failure to appreciate
, 49
incidence of
, 9–12
Teenage pregnancy prevention framework
, 94
Transcripts
, 16, 19
Unlawful and dangerous act manslaughter, (see constructive manslaughter)
Vulnerabilities of women
, 2–3
Women on Web
, 137
Working Together to Safeguard Children
, 86
- Prelims
- Chapter 1: The ‘Problem’ of Maternal Filicide of Newborn Children
- Chapter 2: Mothers in the Courtroom I: Suspicious Perinatal Deaths in Context
- Chapter 3: Mothers in the Courtroom II: The Failure of the ‘Mother’
- Chapter 4: Mothers in the Courtroom III: Criminalising the Irresponsible Mother
- Chapter 5: Mothers in Law I: Criminalising the ‘Illegitimate’ Mother
- Chapter 6: Mothers in Law II: Foetus First
- Chapter 7: Redressing Gendered Harm: The Role of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
- References
- Index