Why Mothers Kill A Forensic Psychologist's Casebook

Name: Why Mothers Kill A Forensic Psychologist's Casebook
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ISBN: 9780195182736

ISBN-10: 0195182731

ISBN-13: 9780195182736

Edition: 2006

Authors: Geoffrey R. McKee

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Few crimes generate greater public reaction than those where a mother murders her child. We are repelled, yet mesmerized, by the emerging details of cases such as Andrea Yates and Susan Smith. Annually, hundreds of infants and young children perish at the hands of their mothers. How could a mother destroy the first and most fundamental relationship we experience? In Why Mothers Kill: A Forensic Psychologist's Casebook, Geoffrey R. McKee, Ph.D. uses more than a dozen case studies from his 29-year forensic psychological evaluation practice to help us, and most importantly, prevent these horrific events from occurring. He applies current research findings to analyze, explain, and suggest…

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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/16/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.57" wide x 9.21" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




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?


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