19/08/2010
Presented by Jane Garvey. The southern belles who took Europe by storm, and the mothers driven to kill their children.
Presented by Jane Garvey. The southern belles who charmed Britain's high society and took Europe by storm, women who are driven to kill their children and why many cases may go undiscovered, should knowingly infecting others with HIV become a criminal offence here as in Germany, and still holding on to your cuddly toys? Why it's so difficult to let them go.
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Women who kill their children
Jane talks to criminologist Fiona Brookman about why the official figures might conceal the facts, and to forensic psychologist Anne Carpenter about why a woman might kill her child.
Duration: 09:50
Sisters of Fortune - Jehanne Wake
Jehanne Wake, author of 鈥楽isters of Fortune,鈥� joins Jane to talk about three Catholic Southern Belles from Baltimore.
Duration: 08:27
HIV - Is infecting others a criminal offence?
Jane talks to Genevieve Edwards and Paul Mendelle QC, about whether infecting someone with HIV should be a criminal offence.
Duration: 12:23
Cuddly Toys
According to a recent survey more than a third of British adults still sleep with a teddy bear. Psychologist Jacqui Marson explains why parting with mementos of childhood can be a painful wrench.
Duration: 08:38
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- Thu 19 Aug 2010 10:00成人快手 Radio 4
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