Understanding parricide : when sons and daughters kill parents / Kathleen M. Heide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heide, Kathleen M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parricide.

Family violence.

Abused children.

Mentally ill children--Treatment.

Mentally ill children.

Juvenile homicide.

Parricide--Case studies.

Family violence--Case studies.

Abused children--Case studies.

Mentally ill children--Treatment--Case studies.

Juvenile homicide--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study is about juvenile and adult sons and daughters who kill their parents. It moves far behind the statistical correlates of parricide by synthesizing the professional literature on parricide in general, matricide, patricide, double parricides, and familicides. The book explains the reasons behind the killings and includes in-depth discussion of issues related to prosecuting and defending parricide offenders. The book is enriched with its focus on clinical assessment, case studies, and follow-up of parricide offenders, as well as treatment, risk assessment, and prevention.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Clinical and Legal Issues; 1. The Phenomenon of Parricide; 2. Child Maltreatment and Parricide; 3. Parricide: Basic Facts and Literature; 4. Matricide: Basic Facts and Literature; 5. Patricide: Basic Facts and Literature; 6. Prosecuting and Punishing Parricide Offenders; 7. Defending Parricide Offenders; Part Two: Case Studies; 8. Forensic Assessment of Parricide Offenders; 9. Patty Smith-No Way Out but Murder; 10. Peter Jones-Repeating the Past; 11. James Holt-The Making of a Murderer; 12. Daniel Culbreath-Fantasy Becomes Reality

13. Ben Simpson-An Over-Indulged ChildPart Three: Society's Response; 14. Treating Severely Abused Parricide Offenders; 15. Follow-Up Studies of Adolescent Parricide Offenders; 16. Risk Assessment and Prevention; Afterword; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Jan. 7, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-436) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-023737-6

0-19-517666-9

0-19-972104-1

OCLC:

827836162