'A melancholy thing' : an overview -- 'Dead children, like drowned sailors, tell no tales' : coroners' courts -- 'That species of crime' : criminal courts -- 'Rumour, with its hundred tongues' : the community -- 'News of the ghastly spectacle' : the press -- 'A very great escape' : prisons
Summary
Examining the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900, this title is based on a large sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Through a variety of sources, attitudes towards the crime of infanticide and women accused of the offence are revealed
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-284) and index
