03440nam 22007214a 450 991078295520332120230207223435.00-8147-5966-11-4356-5517-610.18574/nyu/9780814759660(CKB)1000000000005347(EBL)2081680(OCoLC)913695284(SSID)ssj0000205876(PQKBManifestationID)11183899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205876(PQKBWorkID)10214243(PQKB)10654731(MiAaPQ)EBC2081680(Au-PeEL)EBL2081680(CaPaEBR)ebr10032535(MiAaPQ)EBC3025560(Au-PeEL)EBL3025560(DE-B1597)546828(DE-B1597)9780814759660(EXLCZ)99100000000000534720010412d2001 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMothers 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.]New York New York University Pressc20011 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-5644-1 0-8147-5643-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-211) and index.""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""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 most often asked is, why? What would drive a mother to kill her own child? Those who work with such cases, whether in clinical psychology, social services, law enforcement or acFilicideInfanticideWomen murderersMothersPsychologyMothersSocial conditionsFilicide.Infanticide.Women murderers.MothersPsychology.MothersSocial conditions.364.15/23/0852Meyer Cheryl L.1959-1483412Oberman Michelle1483413White Kelly1483414MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782955203321Mothers who kill their children3701515UNINA