| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910459296003321 |
|
|
Autore |
Alt Betty Sowers |
|
|
Titolo |
When caregivers kill [[electronic resource] ] : understanding child murder by parents and other guardians / / Betty L. Alt and Sandra K. Wells |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-282-52216-7 |
9786612522161 |
1-4422-0079-0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (161 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Filicide |
Infanticide |
Children - Crimes against |
Caregivers - Psychology |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Contents; Introduction; Chapter 01. Reasons for Child Murder; Chapter 02. Mothers Who Kill; Chapter 03. Fathers Who Kill; Chapter 04. Other Caretakers Who Kill; Chapter 05. Child Murder and the Court System; Chapter 06. Searching for Prevention; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Each year in the U.S. hundreds of children under the age of ten are killed by parents, relatives, or other caregivers. In recent years, families have become less dependent on kinship and neighborhood relationships, so they may become nearly invisible to those who might otherwise be involved in their activities. Because of this isolation, danger to children often does not become visible to the public until the child is injured or, worse, dead. This book offers an overview of the various caregivers involved in child homicide. It covers murders committed by mothers, fathers, babysitters, and othe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910148919003321 |
|
|
Autore |
Conan Doyle Arthur |
|
|
Titolo |
Sherlock Holmes: the Adventure of the Sussex Vampire and Other Stories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Musica |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Read by the inimitable Christopher Lee are four tales from the great detective's case book, including bones that won't stay buried and an exotic South American vampire.In these four tales from his case book, we find the great detective summoned to investigate mysterious bones which just won't stay buried, deducing why a hitherto devoted lion should have turned savagely on its keeper, and even on the trail of an exotic South American vampire. But when the merciless Baron Gruner sends hired assassins to intercept him outside the Cafe Royale, it looks as though the Illustrious Client may prove to be Holmes' last client...Contains:The Adventure of the Sussex VampireThe Adventure of Shoscombe Old PlaceThe Adventure of the Illustrious ClientThe Adventure of the Veiled Lodger |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |