Oberman, Michelle.

When mothers kill interviews from prison / [electronic resource] : Michelle Oberman and Cheryl L. Meyer. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - x, 179 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.

The saddest stories -- She's the world to me : the mother-daughter relationships described by mothers who committed filicide -- Fighting for love : filicidal mothers and their male partners -- Mothering : hopes, expectations and realities -- Punishment, shame and guilt -- Making sense of the stories -- Interactions with the state : holes in the safety nets -- The end of the story.

9780814762516


Ohio Reformatory for Women.


Women prisoners--United States--Interviews.
Women murderers--United States--Interviews.
Filicide--United States--Case studies.
Infanticide--United States--Case studies.


Electronic books.

HV9471 / .O34 2008

364.152/308520973