Why mothers kill
Subtitle: a forensic psychologist's casebook
By: Geoffrey R. McKee.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195182736
Subjects: Filicide; Infanticide; Women murderers; Mothers -- Psychology; Forensic psychology -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Neonaticide, infanticide, and filicide research: what do we know?; title: Classification of maternal filicide: what do we know?; title: Risk analysis and the maternal filicide risk matrix; title: Prevention and risk intervention points; title: Detached mother-denial type: Cathy; title: Detached mother-ambivalent type: Edna; title: Detached mother-resentful type: Francine; title: Detached mother-exhausted type: Glenda; title: Abusive/neglectful mother-recurrent type: Harriet; title: Abusive/neglectful mother-reactive type: Janet; title: Abusive/neglectful mother-inadequate type: Kaye; title: Psychotic/depressed mother-delusional type: Barbara; title: Psychotic/depressed mother-impulsive type: Susan Smith; title: Psychotic/depressed mother-suicidal type: Marilyn; title: Retaliatory mother: Olivia; title: Psychopathic mother-financial type: Pauline; title: Psychopathic mother-addicted type: Samantha; title: Psychopathic mother-narcissistic type: Rhonda; title: Final thoughts: what have we learned and what do we need to do?.