Why mothers kill : a forensic psychologist's casebook / Geoffrey R. McKee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKee, Geoffrey R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Filicide.

Infanticide.

Women murderers.

Mothers--Psychology.

Mothers.

Forensic psychology--Case studies.

Forensic psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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?.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029297-0

0-19-026193-5

1-280-70451-9

0-19-804029-6

1-4294-2008-1

OCLC:

476016098