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Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Poverty, family dysfunction, and state provision for neglected children

2 Cherished equally? “Outdoor” provision for illegitimate children

3 Cherished equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children

4 Legislating care and protection: the Carrigan Committee, the age of consent, and adoption

5 The abused child?

6 Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide

7 Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children

Bibliography

Index