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Massacre of the Innocents - Infanticide in Great Britain 1800-1939 (Hardcover)
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Massacre of the Innocents - Infanticide in Great Britain 1800-1939 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The History of Crime and Punishment
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Before contraception was generally available, and when abortion was
fraught with danger, infanticide was a common solution to the
problem of unwanted children. Massacre of the Innocents, first
published in 1986, shows the causes and consequences of the high
tide of infanticide in Victorian Britain. Lionel Rose describes the
ways in which unwanted and 'surplus' infants were disposed of, and
the economic and social pressures on women to rid themselves of
their burdens by covert criminal and sub-criminal means. He
discusses the activities of infanticidal and abortionist midwives,
and shows how the practices of wet nursing and baby farming were
closely related to infanticide. Unscrupulous insurance salesman
even turned infanticide into a profitable business, in their
reckless grab for commissions. Infanticide declined with the
growing practice of contraception, the lessening of pressure of
unmarried mothers, and as adoption was made easier. This is a
hard-hitting, scrupulously documented piece of social history. This
title will be of interest to students of history and criminology.
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