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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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.15/23/0852 |
| Soggetto topico: | Filicide |
| Infanticide | |
| Women murderers | |
| Mothers - Psychology | |
| Mothers - Social conditions | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
ObermanMichelle
WhiteKelly
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-211) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 ac |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mothers who kill their children |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-5966-1 |
| 1-4356-5517-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910449961903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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