When Mothers Kill Interviews from Prison

Name: When Mothers Kill Interviews from Prison
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ISBN: 9780814757024

ISBN-10: 0814757022

ISBN-13: 9780814757024

Edition: 2008

Authors: Cheryl L. Meyer, Michelle Oberman

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aThis is the first book that analyzes the subjective perceptions of incarcerated mothers convicted of killing their children. It provides an extraordinarily insightful humanizing view of how these pariahs adapt to prison and make sense of their crimes.a --Phillip J. Resnick, M.D., Case Western Reserve University Michelle Oberman and Cheryl L. Meyer donat write for news magazines or prime-time investigative television shows, but the stories they tell hold the same fascination. When Mothers Kill is compelling. In a clear, direct fashion the authors recount what they have learned from interviewing women imprisoned for killing their children. Readers will be shocked and outraged--as much by the…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 6/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Michelle Oberman is Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Stories



The Saddest Stories



"She's the World to Me": The Mother-Daughter Relationships Described by Mothers Who Committed Filicide



Fighting for Love: Filicidal Mothers and Their Male Partners



Mothering: Hopes, Expectations, and Realities



Punishment, Shame, and Guilt



Making Sense of the Stories



Interactions with the State: Holes in the Safety Nets



The End of the Story



Methodology



Neonaticide



Mothers Who Purposely Kill Their Children


Notes


Index


About the Authors