Why mothers kill [electronic resource] : a forensic psychologist's casebook / Geoffrey R. McKee.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: x, 290 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.3/74 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6542 .M38 2006eb
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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?.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index.

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?.

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