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Munchausen by proxy and other factitious abuse : practical and forensic investigative techniques / Kathryn Artingstall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Artingstall, Kathryn, author.
- Series:
- CRC series in practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
- Child abuse--Prevention.
- Child abuse.
- Forensic psychiatry.
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
- Child Abuse--prevention & control.
- Forensic Psychiatry--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Criminals--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Medical Subjects:
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
- Child Abuse--prevention & control.
- Forensic Psychiatry--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Criminals--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 338 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
- Contents:
- Merging understanding amid worlds
- The offenders and victims
- Understanding factitious disorder and factitious disorder by proxy
- Assessing lethality of the FDP abuse offender
- False reports and serial victimization
- Interviewing the FD/FDP offender
- Crime scene and evidentiary procedures
- The multidisciplinary approach to FDP abuse/homicide
- FDP abuse victim protection
- The chronically ill child caught in the FDP world
- The unseen murder of children
- Alternative victimization
- FDP behavior as defense application
- The significance of fire in FDP and FD cases
- The criminality of FDP abuse-prosecutive stance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Artingstall, Kathryn. Munchausen by proxy and other factitious abuse.
- ISBN:
- 9781315369914 (electronic bk.)
- 1315369915 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90104063994
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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