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Autore: | McKee Geoffrey R |
Titolo: | Why mothers kill [[electronic resource] ] : a forensic psychologist's casebook / / Geoffrey R. McKee |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina: | 364.3/74 |
Soggetto topico: | Filicide |
Infanticide | |
Women murderers | |
Mothers - Psychology | |
Forensic psychology | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Neonaticide, infanticide, and filicide research: what do we know? -- Classification of maternal filicide: what do we know? -- Risk analysis and the maternal filicide risk matrix -- Prevention and risk intervention points -- Detached mother, denial type: Cathy -- Detached mother, ambivalent type: Edna -- Detached mother, resentful type: Francine -- Detached mother, exhausted type: Glenda -- Abusive/neglectful mother, recurrent type: Harriet -- Abusive/neglectful mother, reactive type: Janet -- Abusive/neglectful mother, inadequate type: Kaye -- Psychotic/depressed mother, delusional type: Barbara -- Psychotic/depressed mother, impulsive type: Susan Smith -- Psychotic/depressed mother, suicidal type: Marilyn -- Retaliatory mother: Olivia -- Psychopathic mother, financial type: Pauline -- Psychopathic mother, addicted type: Samantha -- Psychopathic mother, narcissistic type: Rhonda -- Final thoughts: what have we learned and what do we need to do?. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Annually, hundreds of infants and young children perish at the hands of their mothers. This book uses more than a dozen case studies to help us understand, and most importantly, prevent these horrific events from occurring. It is suitable for students, as well as mental health and medical professionals. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Why mothers kill |
ISBN: | 0-19-026193-5 |
1-280-70451-9 | |
0-19-804029-6 | |
1-4294-2008-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452117403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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