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Child homicide : parents who kill / Lita Linzer Schwartz and Natalie K. Isser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Lita Linzer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Filicide.
- Infanticide.
- Homicide.
- Children--Crimes against.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- 297 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, [2007]
- Summary:
- Neonaticide is practiced on every continent and by every level of cultural complexity; from governments that legislate population limits to families who let a sickly infant die rather than expend the resources. This book examines neonaticide in its historical, cultural, psychological, and legal aspects. It details neonaticide's many forms, including Munchausen-by-Proxy, and investigates the role of the father--responsible in roughly 75 percent of these cases. The authors study media influence on public opinion, copycat crime, and legal bias, and explain the legal defenses, including insanity, and differential post-partum diagnosis. They suggest possible new policies, punishments, and preventive measures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0849393663
- OCLC:
- 67922619
- Publisher Number:
- 9780849393662
- Online:
- Publisher description
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