All Outputs (26)

Concealment of Birth: Time to Repeal a 200-Year-Old “Convenient Stop-Gap”? (2019)
Journal Article
Milne, E. (2019). Concealment of Birth: Time to Repeal a 200-Year-Old “Convenient Stop-Gap”?. Feminist Legal Studies, 27(2), 139-162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-019-09401-6

Feminists have long argued that women who offend are judged by who they are, not what they do, with idealised images of femininity and motherhood used as measures of culpability. The ability to meet the expectations of motherhood and femininity are p... Read More about Concealment of Birth: Time to Repeal a 200-Year-Old “Convenient Stop-Gap”?.

Women and the Criminal Justice System (2018)
Book
Milne, E., Brennan, K., South, N., & Turton, J. (Eds.). (2018). Women and the Criminal Justice System. Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1

Bringing together academics and professionals, this edited collection considers key issues in current criminal justice policy and practice related specifically to women to answer the important question: are women being failed by the criminal justice... Read More about Women and the Criminal Justice System.

Criminalising Neonaticide: Reflections on Law and Practice in England and Wales (2018)
Book Chapter
Brennan, K., & Milne, E. (2018). Criminalising Neonaticide: Reflections on Law and Practice in England and Wales. In E. Milne, K. Brennan, N. South, & J. Turton (Eds.), Women and the Criminal Justice System (95-117). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1_5

This chapter considers the unusual case where a woman is suspected of killing her newborn baby following a secret pregnancy and birth. The research on what we know about the circumstances and incidence of what has been termed ‘neonaticide’ is explore... Read More about Criminalising Neonaticide: Reflections on Law and Practice in England and Wales.

Understanding Violent Women (2018)
Book Chapter
Milne, E., & Turton, J. (2018). Understanding Violent Women. In E. Milne, K. Brennan, N. South, & J. Turton (Eds.), Women and the Criminal Justice System (119-139). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1_6

Violent women pose a specific challenge for feminist scholars. Nevertheless, it is important for both the offender and her victims that feminists engage with this form of offending. This chapter considers some of the data concerning women’s violence,... Read More about Understanding Violent Women.

Women and the Criminal Justice System—Moving Beyond the Silo (2018)
Book Chapter
Brennan, K., Milne, E., South, N., & Turton, J. (2018). Women and the Criminal Justice System—Moving Beyond the Silo. In E. Milne, K. Brennan, N. South, & J. Turton (Eds.), Women and the Criminal Justice System (1-11). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76774-1_1

Women’s experiences of crime as both offenders and victims are different to their male counter-parts. They commit less crime, and the crime they commit is generally different to men’s, with less involvement in violent crime, criminal damage or profes... Read More about Women and the Criminal Justice System—Moving Beyond the Silo.

Suspicious Perinatal Death and the Law: Criminalising Mothers who do not Conform (2017)
Thesis
Milne, E. Suspicious Perinatal Death and the Law: Criminalising Mothers who do not Conform. (Thesis). Department of Sociology, University of Essex. Retrieved from https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1617903

How should the criminal justice system respond to women who conceal their pregnancies, resulting in the death of the foetus or baby? It is widely expected that a pregnant woman will act in the best interests of her unborn child, including submitting... Read More about Suspicious Perinatal Death and the Law: Criminalising Mothers who do not Conform.