Amanda Kaladelfos
Biographic Data
| ID | 1626846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Kaladelfos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaladelfos |
| SIGNATURE | KALADELFOS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hierarchies of Harm and Violence
This article interrogates the prosecution of familial sexual crimes in 1950s Australia, a decade where the family was considered the bedrock of society. Using criminal trial transcripts from the period, we analyse how offenders, victims, families, lawyers and judges understood familial sexual abuse. We examine the contours of cases heard by New South Wales (NSW) higher courts in the 1950s, analysing three important themes: conceptualisations of t…
Sexual and gender-based violence
Current global estimates of sexual and gender-based violence show its widespread and enduring prevalence. In 2013, the World Health Organization reported that one-third of women globally have exper
The dark side of the family
Feminist scholars have produced an extensive literature on the social, economic, psychological, and criminological aspects of female infanticide. By contrast, there have been few historical studies of fathers who have murdered their children. This article analyses the problem of paternal filicide in three ways. First, it contextualises state responses to child homicide in relation to the government's wider treatment of violence in the home. Secon…
The Politics of Punishment
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Australian law permitted colonial governments to order capital punishment for crimes that were no longer punishable by death in England, including attempted murder, robbery under arms and, most controversially, rape. Australian lawmakers knew their obsolete criminal codes reflected badly on their reputation as merciful and enlightened. Yet when politicians proposed the abolition of the death penalty, …
The 'Condemned Criminals
In 1879, the New South Wales government took the unusual step of recommending the execution of three men-two white and one black-for two separate crimes of rape. The government's decision provoked outcry from capital punishment abolitionists who inundated the parliament and press with appeals for mercy, and held sensational public rallies decrying the use of the death penalty. Politicians' varied responses to the crimes show their preoccupations …
Murder in Gun Alley
The 1921 rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl, known as the ‘Gun Alley Murder’, has come back to public consciousness after an unprecedented decision. In 2008, the Victorian government issued a posthumous pardon to the man executed for this crime based upon new evidence gathered by former librarian and researcher Kevin Morgan. The concerns of his investigation – the hanging of an innocent man and the moral panic that led to the execution – h…
Hierarchies of Harm and Violence
This article interrogates the prosecution of familial sexual crimes in 1950s Australia, a decade where the family was considered the bedrock of society. Using criminal trial transcripts from the period, we analyse how offenders, victims, families, lawyers and judges understood familial sexual abuse. We examine the contours of cases heard by New South Wales (NSW) higher courts in the 1950s, analysing three important themes: conceptualisations of t…
Sexual and gender-based violence
Current global estimates of sexual and gender-based violence show its widespread and enduring prevalence. In 2013, the World Health Organization reported that one-third of women globally have exper
The Politics of Punishment
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Australian law permitted colonial governments to order capital punishment for crimes that were no longer punishable by death in England, including attempted murder, robbery under arms and, most controversially, rape. Australian lawmakers knew their obsolete criminal codes reflected badly on their reputation as merciful and enlightened. Yet when politicians proposed the abolition of the death penalty, …
The dark side of the family
Feminist scholars have produced an extensive literature on the social, economic, psychological, and criminological aspects of female infanticide. By contrast, there have been few historical studies of fathers who have murdered their children. This article analyses the problem of paternal filicide in three ways. First, it contextualises state responses to child homicide in relation to the government's wider treatment of violence in the home. Secon…
Murder in Gun Alley
The 1921 rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl, known as the ‘Gun Alley Murder’, has come back to public consciousness after an unprecedented decision. In 2008, the Victorian government issued a posthumous pardon to the man executed for this crime based upon new evidence gathered by former librarian and researcher Kevin Morgan. The concerns of his investigation – the hanging of an innocent man and the moral panic that led to the execution – h…
Murder in Gun Alley
The 1921 rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl, known as the ‘Gun Alley Murder’, has come back to public consciousness after an unprecedented decision. In 2008, the Victorian government issued a posthumous pardon to the man executed for this crime based upon new evidence gathered by former librarian and researcher Kevin Morgan. The concerns of his investigation – the hanging of an innocent man and the moral panic that led to the execution – h…
The Politics of Punishment
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Australian law permitted colonial governments to order capital punishment for crimes that were no longer punishable by death in England, including attempted murder, robbery under arms and, most controversially, rape. Australian lawmakers knew their obsolete criminal codes reflected badly on their reputation as merciful and enlightened. Yet when politicians proposed the abolition of the death penalty, …
The 'Condemned Criminals
In 1879, the New South Wales government took the unusual step of recommending the execution of three men-two white and one black-for two separate crimes of rape. The government's decision provoked outcry from capital punishment abolitionists who inundated the parliament and press with appeals for mercy, and held sensational public rallies decrying the use of the death penalty. Politicians' varied responses to the crimes show their preoccupations …
The dark side of the family
Feminist scholars have produced an extensive literature on the social, economic, psychological, and criminological aspects of female infanticide. By contrast, there have been few historical studies of fathers who have murdered their children. This article analyses the problem of paternal filicide in three ways. First, it contextualises state responses to child homicide in relation to the government's wider treatment of violence in the home. Secon…
Hierarchies of Harm and Violence
This article interrogates the prosecution of familial sexual crimes in 1950s Australia, a decade where the family was considered the bedrock of society. Using criminal trial transcripts from the period, we analyse how offenders, victims, families, lawyers and judges understood familial sexual abuse. We examine the contours of cases heard by New South Wales (NSW) higher courts in the 1950s, analysing three important themes: conceptualisations of t…
Sexual and gender-based violence
Current global estimates of sexual and gender-based violence show its widespread and enduring prevalence. In 2013, the World Health Organization reported that one-third of women globally have exper
Criminology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Australian History and Society (2 works)