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Infanticide in Victorian England, 1856-1878: Thirty legal cases (England)
The crime of infanticide plagued England throughout the nineteenth century, but by the 1860s it seemed to experts and laymen alike that incidences of the crime had reached crisis proportions. The publicity that newspapers gave to the problem sparked public concern; such publicity brought the crime …
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Investigation of the genetic components of maternal infanticide in Sus Scrofa
… investigate the genetic components of maternal infanticide in the domestic pig (Sus scrofa). The killing of piglets by sows by eating them soon after birth is a significant issue for the pig breeding industry because of the impact on animal welfare and the cost in lost revenues. There is …
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The notion of infanticide and its development under Maltese criminal law 1784-2004
For quite a number of years, the offence of infanticide was treated under the provisions of wilful homicide. However, the recurrent trend had always been that the killing of a newborn child was a crime distinct from that of homicide. It was only in 194 7, almost a century after the promulgation of …
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Effects of Infanticide Risk and Timber Harvest on American Black Bear Space Use
… aspect of bear ecology that maybe influenced by infanticide risk and timber harvest. I used generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) to determine if female American black bear (<em>Ursus americanus</em>) space use was consistent with avoidance behavior to reduce infanticide risk in the Upper …
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Using a Porcine Maternal Infanticide Model to Investigate the Inheritance of Human Puerperal Psychosis
… an animal model in the form of Porcine Maternal Infanticide. In this project, the author has aimed to understand the pathophysiology of PMI using NGS technologies in order to 1) extend the validity of PMI as a model for PP; 2) determine future steps for development of the PMI model; and 3) …
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Juvenile mortality ratios in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval England. A contextual discussion of osteoarchaeological evidence for infanticide and child neglect.
… populations could be due to the practice of infanticide in England during these periods. Morphological and metrical age estimation and sex assessment methods are used to determine the age-at-death and sex of 1275 children from fifty-three Anglo-Saxon and medieval sites located in southern …
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Naujagimio nužudymo traktuotė pagal Lietuvos ir kitų valstybių įstatymus /
Treatment of Infanticide in Laws of Lithuania and Other Countries. The Master Thesis is aimed at presenting a detailed analysis of the concept, development and typical elements of infanticide categorized as second-degree murder with mitigating circumstances and regulated in Article 131 of the …
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The Evolution of Extended Sexual Receptivity in Chimpanzees: Variation, Male-Female Associations, and Hormonal Correlates
… by aggressive sexual coercion and the risk of infanticide, female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) respond to this conflict by exhibiting an exaggerated sexual swelling that advertises sexual receptivity while concealing the exact timing of ovulation. Sexual swellings impose significant costs, yet …
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A medico-legal study of infant mortality in Kuwait from 2003 to 2006: A retrospective study
… syndrome, road traffic, domestic accidents and infanticide and they can be classified as natural and un-natural causes. This retrospective study described the roles of the Forensic Department in Kuwait in investigating reported infant death cases due to natural and un-natural causes between 2003 …
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Skuld och oskuld : barnamord och barnkvävning i rättslig diskurs och praxis omkring 1680–1800
… the period of c. 1680-1800. The two crimes of infanticide and overlaying have been examined. Source materials have primarily consisted of proceedings from the appeals court, courts of first instance, and parish meetings. The aim has been to survey the judicial discourse, that is to say the …
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Patterns of Affiliation and Co -Operation in Howler Monkeys: An Alternative Model to Explain Social Organization in Non -Human Primates
… and no observed or suspected instances of infanticide in 7 years. Moreover, I found that affiliative relationships and partner preference remained consistent over time and across social contexts. Individuals were found to invest considerable time in affiliative social interactions such as …
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"You Are Safe": Black Maternal Politics Of Resistance And The Question Of Community Consensus In African American Women's Literature
… the figure of the black mother and the motif of infanticide to engage in critical statements about system arrangements, repressive practices, and theory designs with direct effect upon black people's choices for organizing their lives and existence. Such critical statements are inevitably …
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Is Safe Haven Legislation an Efficacious Policy Response to Infant Abandonment: A Biopsychosocial Profile of the Target Population
… to an infant's death, and an alternative to infanticide (the killing of an infant within one year of its birth). Since the initial passage of this legislation in Texas in 1999, there have been more unsafe infant abandonments than accounts of safe haven abandonments. As this legislation …
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Society's Biological Entrapment: Maternity, Eugenics, and Violence in 1920's American Literature and Film
… actions of child abuse, maternal neglect, and infanticide. Part of this dissertation identifies eugenically motivated cultural discourse, including various forms of the media, that used both overt and subliminal messages to encourage pronatalism among the white upper and middle classes while …
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Social Determinants of Immature Phenotype and Survival in Wild Baboons and Other Mammals
… is threatened by sexually selected feticide and infanticide by males. I document this behavior by relying on demographic data, rather than observing the killing of fetuses and infants directly—an example of the power of long-term demographic data to reveal otherwise hidden social phenomena. …
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"Dat's one chile of mine you ain't never gonna sell": Gynecological Resistance within the Plantation Community
… women's use of birth control, abortion, and infanticide as a means to gain personal autonomy and control over their bodies. This study seeks to forge a collective narrative about the secret practices of slave women, while attempting to give them a voice of their own. Relying primarily on the …
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Criminality of women in the 18th century in the South West of England
… Chapter 4 discusses the record of homicide and infanticide for the western circuit assizes between 1735 and 1785. The section examines homicide, which seemed to predominantly occur within the familial setting. This includes the specific homicide offence of petty treason. The discussion moves on …
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An Edition of the Poems of Ann of Swansea
… of colonized peoples, the slave trade, and infanticide. The time seems more than ripe for a revival of interest in her work, and it is my aim to bring about that revival through making her poetry more readily and more fully accessible to the modern reader.
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A collection of discrete essays with the common theme of gender and slavery at the Cape of Good Hope with a focus on the 1820s
… and fifth papers explore issues related to infanticide and slave reproduction, and slave resistance in relation to the Bokkeveld rebellion of 1825, respectively.
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