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Author McKee, Geoffrey R.

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

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 290 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index.
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?.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Filicide.
Infanticide.
Women murderers.
Mothers -- Psychology.
Forensic psychology -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0195182731 (acid-free paper)
9780195182736 (acid-free paper)

 
    
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