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Available from: <
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/emma-wilsonmum-jailed-battering-3057891
>.

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Available from: <
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-25865352
>.

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Available from: <
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/419221/MONSTERS-Evil-parents-jailed-for-life-for-horrific-murder-of-four-year-old-Daniel-Pelka
>.

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Available from: <
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2516409/French-mother-Fabienne-Kabou-tries-drown-baby-daughter-sea.html
>.

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The first ‘White March’ took place in Belgium in 1996, when 300,000 took to the streets in the largest protest Brussels had ever seen to raise awareness for the need for improved child protection following the arrest of child killer Marc Dutroux. Everyone who took part carried something white, or some painted their faces white, because white is the symbol for hope.

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Available from: <
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/the-killer-story-we-could-not-publish-until-now/storye6frg6nf-1111113856952
>.

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Available from: <
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/the-killer-story-we-could-not-publish-until-now/storye6frg6nf-1111113856952
>.

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Available from: <
www.publicdefenders.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pdo/public_defenders_murder_multiple_young_children.html
>.

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Available from: <
www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/638581/siblings-happy-nowra-child-killer-is-back-behind-bars/;
>.

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Available from: <
www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/fullhtml/inforce/act+157+1998+FIRST+0+N#ch.14
>.

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Case details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2006/675.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=jalaty
>.

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Available from: <
www.smh.com.au/news/National/Police-accuse-DOCS-after-childs-fatal-overdose/2004/12/15/1102787149448.html
>

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A class of medicines used to treat high blood pressure, that works by decreasing heart rate and relaxing blood vessels so that blood can flow around the body more easily.

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An extremely experienced judge, having been elected to the Supreme Court in 1985; retired in 2010.

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Available from: <
www.publicdefenders.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pdo/public_defenders_murder_multiple_young_children.html
>.

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Available from: <
www.smh.com.au/news/National/Police-accuse-DOCS-after-childs-fatal-overdose/2004/12/15/1102787149448.html
>.

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Available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2006/675.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=jalaty
>.

CHAPTER 9

1
Available from: <
www.publicdefenders.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pdo/public_defenders_murder_multiple_young_children.html
>.

2
Case details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2003/142.html
>. Appeal details can be found at: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2004/19.html
>.

3
Dr Rod Milton (retired) is a highly respected forensic psychiatrist who has worked on some of the most notorious Australian criminal cases, including that of Ivan Milat (the infamous backpacker murderer).

4
Case details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2002/360.html
>.

5
Long Bay Prison is located 15 kilometres south of Sydney.

6
Case details are available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2001/580.html
>. Details of the appeal are available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2002/360.html
>.

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If you would like to read more about this disease go to: <
www.brown.edu/Courses/BI_278/Other/Clerkship/Didactics/Readings/Hypochondriasis.pdf
>.

8
Case details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2001/35.html
>.

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This is a specific type of criminal defence, and is called battered women’s syndrome because it is predominantly applied to women.

10
Case details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2004/53.html
>.

11
Available from: <
www.publicdefenders.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pdo/public_defenders_murder_multiple_young_children.html
>.

12
Under section 23A of the Crimes Act 1900, available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ca190082/
>.

13
Available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2004/53.html
>.

14
Case details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2002/1159.html
>. Appeal details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/2004/19.html
>.

15
Available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2002/1159.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=craig%20andrew%20merritt
>.

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Available from: <
www.publicdefenders.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pdo/public_defenders_murder_multiple_young_children.html
>.

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Case details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2007/651.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=R%20v%20Velevski%20NSWSC
>.

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Case details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2007/651.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=R%20v%20Velevski%20NSWSC
>.

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This genetically inherited condition is characterised by changes in the pigmentation (skin coloration) as well as the growth of tumours along nerves in the brain, skin and other parts of the body. The symptoms are very variable between sufferers, but most adults with the condition develop benign tumours on or just below the skin. These tumours can be very minor and hard to spot, or they can be very extensive and disfiguring.

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A New South Wales rural town 350 kilometres west of Sydney.

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Details available from: <
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2009/764.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=john%20walsh
>.

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Details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2009/764.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=john%20walsh
>.

23
Case details available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2009/764.html
>. Details of the appeal available from: <
www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2009/764.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=john%20walsh
>.

CHAPTER 10

1
Available from: <
www.smh.com.au/national/seeking-to-understand-the-inexplicable-20120224-1trvd.html
>. Data is taken from the Australian Institute of Criminology’s National Homicide Monitoring Program, collected between 1997–2008. For more information go to: <
www.aic.gov.au/about_aic/research_programs/nmp/0001.html
>.

2
Available from: <
www.smh.com.au/national/luke-batty-murder-failure-to-arrest-father-linked-to-police-computer-glitch-20140214-32rb2.html
>.

3
Available from: <
www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/mourners-wearing-yellow-farewell-murder-victim-luke-batty/story-fni0fit3-1226833534752
>.

4
Information on Australian legislation is available from: <
www.alrc.gov.au/publications/69.%20Particular%20Privacy%20Issues%20Affecting%20Children%20and%20Young%20People/identification-crimin
>.

5
A list of basic case details for various offences, including the search ‘killing of children by parents’, can be found at: <
www.publicdefenders.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pdo/public_defenders_murder_multiple_young_children.html
>.

Dr Xanthé Mallett is a forensic anthropologist and television presenter. Xanthé holds a PhD (University of Sheffield), a Research Masters (University of Cambridge) and a Bachelor of Science (University of Bradford). She has presented television series for the BBC (UK), National Geographic Channel (US), and Foxtel’s History Channel and Channel Ten (Australia). Xanthé has co-edited two textbooks and has contributed to numerous books, journals and news items. This is her first book.

Lindy and (then) husband Michael Chamberlain, taken shortly after baby Azaria’s disappearance in 1980.
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Azaria’s bloodied jumpsuit, as photographed by police.
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Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, pregnant with their fourth child, arriving at the Supreme Court in Darwin during the trial in 1982.
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Michael and Lindy Chamberlain leave the Northern Territory Court of Criminal Appeal in Darwin in 1988, after all convictions against them were quashed.
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