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2 DENIAL OF PREGNANCY Secret Lives

  • Cheryl L. Meyer and Michelle Oberman
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Mothers Who Kill Their Children
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© 2022 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2022 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vi
  4. INTRODUCTION A Brief Cross-Cultural History of Infanticide 1
  5. 1 PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO UNDERSTAND WHY MOTHERS KILL THEIR CHILDREN 19
  6. 2 DENIAL OF PREGNANCY Secret Lives 39
  7. 3 PURPOSEFUL KILLING Neither “Mad” nor “Bad” 68
  8. 4 MATERNAL NEGLECT A Search for Meaning 95
  9. 5 ABUSE-RELATED DEATHS 123
  10. 6 ASSISTANCE OR COERCION FROM A PARTNER Relations to Domestic Violence 146
  11. 7 RESPONDING TO MOTHERS WHO KILL Toward a Comprehensive Rethinking of Law, Policy, and Intervention Strategies 168
  12. NOTES 179
  13. INDEX 213
  14. ABOUT THE AUTHORS 218
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814759660.003.0006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vi
  4. INTRODUCTION A Brief Cross-Cultural History of Infanticide 1
  5. 1 PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO UNDERSTAND WHY MOTHERS KILL THEIR CHILDREN 19
  6. 2 DENIAL OF PREGNANCY Secret Lives 39
  7. 3 PURPOSEFUL KILLING Neither “Mad” nor “Bad” 68
  8. 4 MATERNAL NEGLECT A Search for Meaning 95
  9. 5 ABUSE-RELATED DEATHS 123
  10. 6 ASSISTANCE OR COERCION FROM A PARTNER Relations to Domestic Violence 146
  11. 7 RESPONDING TO MOTHERS WHO KILL Toward a Comprehensive Rethinking of Law, Policy, and Intervention Strategies 168
  12. NOTES 179
  13. INDEX 213
  14. ABOUT THE AUTHORS 218
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