Why mothers kill [[electronic resource] ] : a forensic psychologist's casebook / / Geoffrey R. McKee
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| Autore: |
McKee Geoffrey R
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| Titolo: |
Why mothers kill [[electronic resource] ] : a forensic psychologist's casebook / / Geoffrey R. McKee
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| 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 | |
| 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.: | 9910777793003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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