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100 Years of the Infanticide Act: Legacy, Impact and Future Directions (2023)
Book
Brennan, K., & Milne, E. (Eds.). (2023). 100 Years of the Infanticide Act: Legacy, Impact and Future Directions. London: Bloomsbury

This book provides the first comprehensive and detailed analysis of the Infanticide Act and its impact in England and Wales and around the world. It is 100 years since an Infanticide Act was first passed in England and Wales. The statute, re-enact... Read More about 100 Years of the Infanticide Act: Legacy, Impact and Future Directions.

100 Years of the Infanticide Act: The Law in Context (2023)
Book Chapter
Brennan, K., & Milne, E. (2023). 100 Years of the Infanticide Act: The Law in Context. In K. Brennan, & E. Milne (Eds.), 100 Years of the Infanticide Act: Legacy, Impact and Future Directions. London: Bloomsbury

Gendering Green Criminology (2023)
Book
Milne, E., Davies, P., Heydon, J., Peggs, K., & Wyatt, T. (Eds.). (2023). Gendering Green Criminology. Bristol: Bristol University Press

The first volume in green criminology devoted to gender, this book investigates gendered patterns to offending, victimisation and environmental harms. Including feminist and intersectional analysis, and with original case studies from the Global Nort... Read More about Gendering Green Criminology.

Why Gendering Green Criminology Matters (2023)
Book Chapter
Milne, E., Davies, P., Heydon, J., Peggs, K., & Wyatt, T. (2023). Why Gendering Green Criminology Matters. In E. Milne, P. Davies, J. Heydon, K. Peggs, & T. Wyatt (Eds.), Gendering Green Criminology (1-14). Bristol: Bristol University Press

Our ambition for this book is to bring together feminist and green criminology for the first time in a scholarly volume where all contributions are devoted to the project of gendering green criminology. The editorial team is comprised of experts in g... Read More about Why Gendering Green Criminology Matters.

Introduction (2023)
Book Chapter
Banwell, S., Black, L., Cecil, D. K., Djamba, Y. K., Kimuna, S. R., Milne, E., …Tenkorang, E. Y. (2023). Introduction. In S. Banwel, L. Black, D. K. Cecil, Y. K. Djamba, S. R. Kimuna, E. Milne, …E. Y. Tenkorang (Eds.), . Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-255-620231001

The Emerald International Handbook of Feminist Perspectives on Women’s Acts of Violence (2023)
Book
Banwel, S., Black, L., Cecil, D. K., Djamba, Y. K., Kimuna, S. R., Milne, E., …Tenkorang, E. Y. (Eds.). (2023). The Emerald International Handbook of Feminist Perspectives on Women’s Acts of Violence. Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781803822556

Grounded in feminist scholarship, this book upends normative accounts of femme fatale violence to focus beyond the misogyny and the sensationalism and unearth the motivation behind women’s roles in homicide, terrorism, combat, and even nationalist mo... Read More about The Emerald International Handbook of Feminist Perspectives on Women’s Acts of Violence.

Imprisoned Women and Reproductive Health: A Site of Reproductive Rights Violation? (2022)
Book Chapter
Milne, E., & Dabrowski, V. (2023). Imprisoned Women and Reproductive Health: A Site of Reproductive Rights Violation?. In I. Masson, & N. Booth (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Women's Experiences of Criminal Justice. Routledge

Reproductive healthcare is a fundamental aspect of women’s rights. Despite this, there has been no systematic approach to the reproductive rights and healthcare of women who are in prison. Approaches to women prisoners have focused on aspects of thei... Read More about Imprisoned Women and Reproductive Health: A Site of Reproductive Rights Violation?.

Reproductive rights on the inside: A rapid evidence assessment of women’s experiences of reproductive healthcare and rights while in prison in England and Wales (2022)
Journal Article
Dabrowski, V., & Milne, E. (2023). Reproductive rights on the inside: A rapid evidence assessment of women’s experiences of reproductive healthcare and rights while in prison in England and Wales. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 23(5), 675–693. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958221117925

Despite academic, policy and charity commissioned research giving considerable attention to the health of imprisoned women, significantly less research has considered the reproductive health and rights of this group. This shortfall is noteworthy sinc... Read More about Reproductive rights on the inside: A rapid evidence assessment of women’s experiences of reproductive healthcare and rights while in prison in England and Wales.

Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide: Judging the Failed Mother (2021)
Book
Milne, E. (2021). Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide: Judging the Failed Mother. Emerald

Analysis of criminal cases reveals that women suspected of killing their newborn children are some of the most vulnerable in our society and that infanticide is not just a historical issue but one that has modern implications. While women are less li... Read More about Criminal Justice Responses to Maternal Filicide: Judging the Failed Mother.

Sex and Crime (2020)
Book
Fanghanel, A., Milne, E., Zampini, G. F., Banwell, S., & Fiddler, M. (2020). Sex and Crime. SAGE Publications

A comprehensive account of the myriad ways that sex and crime interact in contemporary social life, sensitively confronting topics such as nationhood, abortion, child sexual exploitation, war, disability, pornography, and digital cultures. To explain... Read More about Sex and Crime.

Putting the Fetus First — Legal Regulation, Motherhood, and Pregnancy (2020)
Journal Article
Milne, E. (2020). Putting the Fetus First — Legal Regulation, Motherhood, and Pregnancy. Michigan journal of gender & law, 27(1), 149-211. https://doi.org/10.36641/mjgl.27.1.putting

The fetus-first mentality advocates that pregnant women and women who could become pregnant should put the needs and well-being of their fetuses before their own. As this Article will illustrate, this popular public perception has pervaded criminal l... Read More about Putting the Fetus First — Legal Regulation, Motherhood, and Pregnancy.

Drinking in Pregnancy: Shifting Towards the ‘Precautionary Principle’ (2020)
Book Chapter
Thom, B., Herring, R., & Milne, E. (2020). Drinking in Pregnancy: Shifting Towards the ‘Precautionary Principle’. In S. MacGregor, & B. Thom (Eds.), Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places (66-87). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351033503

Debate rages over communicating messages to the public regarding alcohol consumption during pregnancy. This chapter considers how research-based evidence has been translated into risk communications through three key mechanisms: ‘official’ publicatio... Read More about Drinking in Pregnancy: Shifting Towards the ‘Precautionary Principle’.

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.