INDEX

Kapitel in diesem Buch

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