Reproduction de : Thèse d'exercice : Médecine. Psychiatrie : Paris 12 : 2008. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr. f.146-155.

Thesis (doctoral)--Imperatorskīĭ i︠u︡rʹevskīĭ universitet, Medit︠s︡inskīĭ fakulʹtet, 1910. / Title from cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [79]-82).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 1999. Graduate Programme in English. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 382-423). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ43433.

This thesis explores the discovery, investigation and prosecution of, as well as the men and women involved as suspects and witnesses in, cases of suspected new-born child murder and concealment of pregnancy in Scotland between 1812 and 1930. The study utilises pre-trial and other legal documents relating to these cases to outline both the continuities with other studies and aspects of the subject that are peculiar to Scotland during the period. An examination of the pre-trial documents not only reveals the various responses to suspicions of pregnancy and murder by the local community, it also shows that in a number of cases investigators harboured suspicions that members of the community were involved, either as an accessory to a crime, or withholding evidence. However, this information is largely ignored by prosecutors, and the vast majority of those tried were the victims’ mothers, an outcome that this thesis argues was a combination of a number of legal and medico-legal processes and procedures. This thesis also argues that the information provided by the pre-trial evidence can provide a more nuanced understanding of these ‘crimes’ – particularly at a local level – that is otherwise obscured by official statistics, that in turn can be used to challenge the prevailing historical consensus that has developed around certain aspects of the subject. The first chapter provides the legal and medico-legal contexts. Chapters Two and Three look at the discovery of, and responses to, the signs of pregnancy, recent delivery and of the bodies of new-born infants. Chapter Three argues that whilst communities were quick to observe the signs of pregnancy, they were less inclined to inform the authorities of their suspicions until after the signs of delivery, or a body, had been discovered. Chapter 4 looks at the profiles of suspects, and also at the geography of the ‘crimes’, and Chapter 5 looks at those men and women suspected of being an accessory to murder, and of helping to conceal a pregnancy or an infant’s death. This chapter reveals that the pretrial documents reveal that in a number of cases investigators suspected relatives, friends, the victims’ fathers, and in some cases even doctors and midwives, to be involved in various ways in cases of suspected new-born child murder. As such it provides a strong challenge to the historiographical consensus that new-born child murder was a sex-specific crime, carried out by the victim’s mother, acting alone. Chapters 6 and 7 explore the role of the police and medical witnesses respectively, both prior to a formal accusation, and during the official investigation. Chapter 7 also includes a detailed look at the medical reports pertaining to the examination of suspects and the post mortem examination of the victims. The final chapter looks at the witnesses and evidence presented at the trial, focusing in particular on the medico-legal issues that made it difficult for prosecutors to secure a successful murder conviction. The chapter argues that whilst these issues could be part of a wider culture of sympathy towards new-born child murder suspects, the evidence from the verdicts and sentencing can also demonstrate a hardening of judicial attitudes over the period.

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Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Hannover, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-210) and index (p. [211]-212).

This study analyzes sex ratios garnered from one hundred and one years of baptismal records from the south-western French town of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, between 1610 and 1711. It is the continuation of a larger project attempting to divine infanticide among married couples in early modern Western Europe. By comparing observed sex ratios (OSRs) in baptisms with the Universal Sex Ratio at Birth (USRB) established by Visaria (1967) it has been suggested a number of times that significant and patterned deviations represent sex-selective infanticide. In the case of Villeneuve, swift shifts between preponderances of girl children and boy children during crises suggest compensatory practice, purposefully engaged in to even out potentially imbalanced sex ratios among adults later. In this way it may be suggested that the preference for boys or girls in Villeneuve over time was balanced, based on circumstance, rather than some inherent perceived value of boys over girls.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2008. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis (D Phil (Psychotherapy))--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references.

FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / O objetivo central desta pesquisa à analisar a prÃtica do crime de InfanticÃdio na cidade de Fortaleza na primeira metade do SÃculo XX. Para tanto, temos como ponto de partida os processos-crime dos quais sÃo sujeitos histÃricos, as âmulheres infanticidas,â que darÃo corpo, a essa anÃlise. Nos processos-crime de InfanticÃdio, encontraremos mulheres que mataram seus prÃprios filhos no momento do parto. Aliado, aos Processos Criminais, temos as notÃcias de InfanticÃdio veiculadas nos Jornais da cidade. Com esses elementos, percebemos vÃrias questÃes, entre elas: como a categoria InfanticÃdio, enquanto crime, à uma definiÃÃo social podendo ter definiÃÃes variÃveis dependendo dos espaÃos de regulaÃÃo do meio. Como a LegislaÃÃo Brasileira em seus estatutos penais considerou o fato da mulher matar o prÃprio filho. Como se constituÃam em suas narrativas e eram explicados pelas âmulheres infanticidasâ os motivos para o cometimento do crime, analisando como elas eram julgadas, observando questÃes, como a defesa da prÃpria honra, o estado puerperal e fatores sÃcio-econÃmicos. Como foram analisados pelo Conhecimento MÃdico os casos de InfanticÃdio. Como os crimes de InfanticÃdio e as mulheres que os cometeram apareciam narrados nos Jornais da cidade. Como se deram os investimentos, especialmente a partir dos Jornais, em relaÃÃo à naturalizaÃÃo do amor materno e a valorizaÃÃo da crianÃa. Como se deram Ãs relaÃÃes entre as âmulheres infanticidasâ e os vizinhos, famÃlia e testemunhas; como parecia ser imprescindÃvel, a ocultaÃÃo da gravidez e do recÃm-nascido. Por fim, analisando os processos de escolhas que desencadearam em crimes de InfanticÃdio para essas mulheres percebemos como, muitas vezes, honra se confundiu com sobrevivÃncia. / The main point of this research is to analyze the practice of the crime of Infanticide in the city of Fortaleza in the first half of Century XX. We have as starting point, the process-crime, which they are historical object, the "women infanticides" that will provide quite information to the analyze of this project. In the process-crime of Infanticide, we will find women who had killed their own children, at the birth moment. Beyond the criminal proceedings, we have the notice of Infanticide published at local newspaper. With these elements, we face with some questions, such as: Infanticide category, while crime, is a social definition, being able to have various definitions depending on the regulation spaces of the environment. Like Brazilian Legislation in its criminal statutes considered the fact of the woman to kill her proper son. As they are composed, in its narratives and infanticides were explained by the "women infanticides" the reasons for the commitment of the crime, analyzing as they were judged, observing questions, as the defense of the proper honor, the puerperal state and social-economic factor. As they had been analyzed, by the Medical Knowledge the cases of Infanticide. As the crimes of Infanticide and the women who had committed them they were written in the Newspaper of the city. The investments had been given, especially from Periodicals, in relation to the naturalization of the maternal love and the valuation of the child. As "women infanticides" had been given to the relations among the neighbors, family and witnesses. As it seemed to be essential, the occultation of the pregnancy and the just-been born one. Finally, analyzing the processes of choices that triggered in crimes of these women, we perceive as, many times, honor if it confused with survival.