Mothers Who Kill Their Children : Inside the Minds of Moms from Susan Smith to the Prom Mom.

A special kind of horror is reserved for mothers who kill their children. Cases such as those of Susan Smith, who drowned her two young sons by driving her car into a lake, and Melissa Drexler, who disposed of her newborn baby in a restroom at her prom, become media sensations. Unfortunately, in add...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meyer, Cheryl
Otros Autores: Franz, Jim, Proano, Tara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2001.
Temas:
Filicide.
Infanticide.
Women murderers.
Mothers > Psychology.
Mothers > Social conditions.
Meurtrières.
Mères > Psychologie.
Mères > Conditions sociales.
Filicide
Infanticide
Mothers > Psychology
Mothers > Social conditions
Women murderers
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mothers Who Kill Their Children
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Previous Attempts to Understand Why Mothers Kill Their Children
  • Chapter 2: Denial of Pregnancy
  • Chapter 3: Purposeful Killing
  • Chapter 4: Maternal Neglect
  • Chapter 5: Abuse-Related Deaths
  • Chapter 6: Assistance or Coercion from a Partner
  • Chapter 7: Responding to Mothers Who Kill
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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