Infanticide and Baby-farming in Victorian England

This open access book explores the tragic case of the Torquay Murder of 1865, when the body of a young boy was discovered abandoned on the outskirts of Torquay in Devon, England . Having identified the child as three-month-old Thomas Harris, local police arrested the child’s mother, Mary Jane Harris...

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Autore principale:	Jackson, Mark
Natura:	Online
Lingua:	inglese
Pubblicazione:	Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) 2026
Soggetti:	Infanticide Crime Baby-farming Victorian England Law Legal history Courts Murder Capital punishment Illegitimacy Adoption thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
Accesso online:	ONIX_20260415T184305_9781350532045_40
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