Mothers who kill their children : understanding the acts of moms from Susan Smith to the "Prom Mom" /

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Author / Creator:	Meyer, Cheryl L., 1959-
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, c2001.
Description:	vi, 218 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Filicide. Infanticide. Women murderers. Mothers -- Psychology. Mothers -- Social conditions. Filicide. Infanticide. Mothers -- Psychology. Mothers -- Social conditions. Women murderers.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4494805

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Other authors / contributors:	Oberman, Michelle. White, Kelly.
ISBN:	0814756433 (alk. paper) 0814756441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-211) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Brief Cross-Cultural History of Infanticide
1.. Previous Attempts to Understand Why Mothers Kill Their Children
2.. Denial of Pregnancy: Secret Lives
3.. Purposeful Killing: Neither "Mad" nor "Bad"
4.. Maternal Neglect: A Search for Meaning
5.. Abuse-Related Deaths
6.. Assistance or Coercion from a Partner: Relations to Domestic Violence
7.. Responding to Mothers Who Kill: Toward a Comprehensive Rethinking of Law, Policy, and Intervention Strategies
Notes
Index
About the Authors

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