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Autore |
Meyer Cheryl L. <1959-> |
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Titolo |
Mothers who kill their children [[electronic resource] ] : understanding the acts of moms from Susan Smith to the "Prom Mom" / / Cheryl L. Meyer and Michelle Oberman ; with Kelly White ... [et al.] |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-5966-1 |
1-4356-5517-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ObermanMichelle |
WhiteKelly |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Filicide |
Infanticide |
Women murderers |
Mothers - Psychology |
Mothers - Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-211) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: A Brief Cross-Cultural History of Infanticide""; ""1. Previous Attempts to Understand Why Mothers Kill Their Children""; ""2. Denial of Pregnancy: Secret Lives""; ""3. Purposeful Killing: Neither Mad nor Bad""; ""4. Maternal Neglect: A Search for Meaning""; ""5. Abuse-Related Deaths""; ""6. Assistance or Coercion from a Partner: Relations to Domestic Violence"" |
""7. Responding to Mothers Who Kill: Toward a Comprehensive Rethinking of Law, Policy, and Intervention Strategies""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About the Authors"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A special kind of horror is reserved for mothers who kill their children. Cases such as those of Susan Smith, who drowned her two young sons by driving her car into a lake, and Melissa Drexler, who disposed of her newborn baby in a restroom at her prom, become media sensations. Unfortunately, in addition to these high-profile cases, hundreds of mothers kill their children in the United States each year. The question |
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