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

Mothers who kill their children : understanding the acts of moms from Susan Smith to the "Prom Mom" / Cheryl L. Meyer and Michelle Oberman ; with Kelly White ... [et al.].

Meyer, Cheryl L., 1959- (Author). Oberman, Michelle. (Added Author). White, Kelly. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0814756433 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780814756430 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0814756441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780814756447 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: vi, 218 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-211) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: A brief cross-cultural history of infanticide -- Previous attempts to understand why mothers kill their children -- Denial of pregnancy: secret lives -- Purposeful killing: neither "mad" nor "bad" -- Maternal neglect: A search for meaning -- Abuse-related deaths -- Assistance or coercion from a partner: relations to domestic violence -- Responding to mothers who kill: toward a comprehensive rethinking of law, policy, and intervention strategies.
Subject: Filicide.
Infanticide.
Women murderers.
Mothers > Psychology.
Mothers > Social conditions.
Filicide.
Infanticide.
MeurtrieÌres.
MeÌres > Psychologie.
MeÌres > Conditions sociales.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library HV 6542 .M48 2001 30537380 General Collection Available -

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24510. ‡aMothers who kill their children : ‡bunderstanding the acts of moms from Susan Smith to the "Prom Mom" / ‡cCheryl L. Meyer and Michelle Oberman ; with Kelly White ... [et al.].
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300 . ‡avi, 218 p. ; ‡c23 cm.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-211) and index.
5050 . ‡aIntroduction: A brief cross-cultural history of infanticide -- Previous attempts to understand why mothers kill their children -- Denial of pregnancy: secret lives -- Purposeful killing: neither "mad" nor "bad" -- Maternal neglect: A search for meaning -- Abuse-related deaths -- Assistance or coercion from a partner: relations to domestic violence -- Responding to mothers who kill: toward a comprehensive rethinking of law, policy, and intervention strategies.
650 0. ‡aFilicide.
650 0. ‡aInfanticide.
650 0. ‡aWomen murderers.
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650 0. ‡aMothers ‡xSocial conditions.
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650 6. ‡aInfanticide.
650 6. ‡aMeurtrieÌres.
650 6. ‡aMeÌres ‡xPsychologie.
650 6. ‡aMeÌres ‡xConditions sociales.
7001 . ‡aOberman, Michelle.
7001 . ‡aWhite, Kelly.
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