The boundaries of her majesty's pleasure: Discharging child-murderers from broadmoor and perth criminal lunatic department, c. 1860-1920

Infanticide: Historical Perspectives on Child Murder and Concealment, 1550-2000

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 216-248

  Andrews, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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