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Jackson turns his historical eye onto the intriguing case of the ‘Torquay murder’, providing new insights into nineteenth century anxieties about illegitimacy, baby-farming, gender, and crime. He is a masterful storyteller. * Joanna Bourke, Professor Emerita at Birkbeck, University of London, UK * By focussing on the two trials resulting from the death of a single infant, Mark Jackson combines a gripping narrative with a wealth of detail about the legal and medical professions, the development of criminal procedure and evidence, and the practice of ‘baby farming’. Infanticide and baby-farming are key issues in understanding the historical interplay of gender, crime and justice, and this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in these aspects of Victorian society. * Tony Ward, Professor of Law, Northumbria University, UK *

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Mark Jackson is Professor of the History of Medicine at University of Exeter, UK. He has written extensively on the history of crime and medicine and is the author of over 20 books including New-Born Child Murder: Women, Illegitimacy and the Courts in Eighteenth-Century England (1996) and Infanticide: Historical Perspectives on Child Murder and Concealment 1550-2000 (ed., 2002).

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