When mothers kill
Subtitle: interviews from prison
By: Michelle Oberman and Cheryl L. Meyer.
Contributors: Meyer, Cheryl L., 1959-
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780814757024
Subjects: Ohio Reformatory for Women.; Women prisoners -- United States -- Interviews.; Women murderers -- United States -- Interviews.; Filicide -- United States -- Case studies.; Infanticide -- United States -- Case studies.
Genres: Interviews.; Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.
Table of contents: value: The saddest stories; value: She's the world to me : the mother-daughter relationships described by mothers who committed filicide; value: Fighting for love : filicidal mothers and their male partners; value: Mothering : hopes, expectations and realities; value: Punishment, shame and guilt; value: Making sense of the stories; value: Interactions with the state : holes in the safety nets; value: The end of the story.