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| Author: | McKee, Geoffrey R. |
| Title: | Why mothers kill : a forensic psychologist's casebook / Geoffrey R. McKee. |
| Description: | x, 290 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Published: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. |
| ISBN: | 9780195182736 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0195182731 |
| Internet: | Table of contents |
| 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?. |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index. |
| Subject(s): | Filicide. Infanticide. Women murderers. Mothers Psychology. Forensic psychology Case studies. |
| Location(s): | copy 0 Bailey/Howe Books (3rd Floor) |
| Call Number: | HV6542 .M38 2006 |
| Status: | Not Charged Check Shelf |