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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810048103321

Autore

Heide Kathleen M

Titolo

Why kids kill parents : child abuse and adolescent homicide / / Kathleen M. Heide

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1995

ISBN

1-5443-4315-9

1-4833-2717-5

1-4522-5536-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 197 p.)

Disciplina

364.15230835

Soggetti

Parricide - United States

Dysfunctional families - United States

Family violence - United States

Adolescent psychotherapy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

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

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I - Parricide: Facts and Issues; Chapter 1 - The Phenomenon of Parricide; Chapter 2 - Child Maltreatment and Parricide; Chapter 3 - Which Youths Kill; Chapter 4 - Youths at Risk; Chapter 5 - Legal and Psychological Issues; Part II - Case Studies; Chapter 6 - Assessment and its Implications; Chapter 7 - Peter Jones; Chapter 8 - Scott Anders; Chapter 9 - Patty Smith; Part III - Implications, Practical Suggestions, and Future Directions; Chapter 10 - Intervention after the Tragedy; Chapter 11 - Society's Role

Appendix: Analysis of Parricide Offenders by Juvenile versus Adult StatusNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Criminologist and psychotherapist Kathleen Heide focuses on families that breed violence and the relationship between patricide and child abuse. A discussion of maltreatment, who kills, youths at risk, and legal and psychological issues is followed by three detailed case studies and a discussion of intervention, society's contributions to both the.