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Additional authors

1. Isser, Natalie

Description

1. xvi, 199 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "Endangered Children: Neonaticide, Infanticide, and Filicide provides a psychological, sociological, and criminological perspectives of these acts, as the authors answer the many questions that arise from these crimes." "With an emphasis on neonaticide in terms of motives, alternatives, defenses offered, and penalties imposed, this book will be of interest to everyone from social workers to attorneys. A secondary area of focus is infanticide and filicide, again with attention paid to motives, defenses, and legal outcomes. Particular attention is paid to psychological/psychiatric defenses that have been offered and their impact as reported in law review articles and elsewhere." "This text will examine the mothers of the victims in terms of background and motives along with the role, if any, mental illness plays in the deaths of their children."--BOOK JACKET.

Series statement

1. Pacific Institute series on forensic psychology

Uniform title

1. Pacific Institute series on forensic psychology

Subject

1. Abusive parents > Psychology
2. Child Abuse
3. Criminal Psychology
4. Filicide
5. Infanticide > psychology
6. Infanticide

Contents

1. Children: an endangered species throughout history -- Neonaticide in theory and in history: who are the perpetrators of neonaticide? -- Motives for murder -- Neonaticide and its alternatives -- Neonaticide and the law -- Infanticide and filicide by parents and their surrogates -- Neonaticide, infanticide, filicide, and the law -- Choice and reproduction: political and other arguments -- Child homicide: preventive measures -- Concluding thoughts and recommendations.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-191) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain