Belén Mattos-Castañeda
Biographic Data
| ID | 9403723 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Belén Mattos-Castañeda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Belén |
| FAMILY NAME | Mattos-Castañeda |
| SIGNATURE | MATTOS-CASTAÑEDA B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-0689-2213 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Criminalising the Vulnerable
Since the removal of infanticide as a mitigated form of homicide from the Argentine Penal Code in 1994, women who experience miscarriages, stillbirths, and perinatal accidents have faced prosecution for ‘aggravated murder’ and ‘child abandonment’. Drawing on judgments from courts at various levels across Argentina, this qualitative study examines the life histories of twenty-four women prosecuted for what I characterise as involuntary obstetric i…
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Criminalising the Vulnerable
Since the removal of infanticide as a mitigated form of homicide from the Argentine Penal Code in 1994, women who experience miscarriages, stillbirths, and perinatal accidents have faced prosecution for ‘aggravated murder’ and ‘child abandonment’. Drawing on judgments from courts at various levels across Argentina, this qualitative study examines the life histories of twenty-four women prosecuted for what I characterise as involuntary obstetric i…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 work) · Criminalization (1 work) · Framing (construction) (1 work) · Homicide (1 work) · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (1 work) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (1 work) · Poison control (1 work) · Precarity (1 work) · Pretext (1 work) · Public health (1 work)