Female Criminality

Annie Cossins is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia.

1. Introduction: 'Dumb Brutes' and Murderous Mothers 2. The Moral Panic Concept: Its History, Social Utility and Ability to Interpret Past Events 3. Regulation of the Female Body: Was Infanticide a Moral Panic of the 1800s? 4. The Moral Regulation of Infanticidal Mothers 5. The Implications of the Body for Female Criminality