Dr Emma Milne is Assistant Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at Durham University. Her PhD in Sociology from the University of Essex was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Emma's research is interdisciplinary, focusing on criminal law and criminal justice responses to newborn child killing and foetal harm. The wider context of Emma's work is social controls and regulations of all women, notably in relation to pregnancy, sex and reproduction. Emma co-authored Sex and Crime (SAGE, 2020), and co-edited Women and the Criminal Justice System: Failing Victims and Offenders? (Palgrave, 2018).

• Chapter 1. The ‘problem’ of maternal filicide of newborn childrenChapter 2. Mothers in the courtroom I: Suspicious perinatal deaths in contextChapter 3. Mothers in the courtroom II: The failure of the ‘mother’Chapter 4. Mothers in the courtroom III: Criminalising the irresponsible motherChapter 5. Mothers in law I: Criminalising the ‘illegitimate’ motherChapter 6. Mothers in law II: Foetus firstChapter 7. Redressing gendered harm: The role of criminal law and criminal justice

"[Milne's] book is a skilful, multidisciplinary approach to a difficult topic which draws on sociology, law, feminist theory and history. It is situated within a much broader and timely discussion on women's reproductive rights."