Parents Who Killed Their Children · True Stories of Filicide
- Authors
- Parker, R.J.
- Publisher
- RJ Parker Publishing, Inc.
- Tags
- mothers who killed , psychology , parents who kill , killed by parent , murder of children , filicide , postpartum depression
- Date
- 2014-04-30T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.31 MB
- Lang
- en
A clear-eyed view on the most heartbreaking of crimes
The killing of a child is always an aberration, we can never forget it because it takes such diligence to try to understand, rather than simply lock away the killer and brand him or her a monster. What really incites parents to kill their children? This book portrays ten filicidal killers, people's whose names--Andrea Yates, Diane Downs, Susan Smith, Jeffrey MacDonald--received a great deal of media attention. The author explores the reasons, from addiction to sociopathy, insanity to altruism.
CASES:
Andrea Yates
Darlie Routier
Susan Eubanks
Lianne Smith
Alan Bristol
Jeffrey MacDonald
Deanna Laney
Susan Smith
Tonya Thomas
Diane Downs
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NOTEWORTHY:
This book has been selected by several Universities in their upcoming courses in Criminology, Sociology and Forensic Psychology, including, the University of Utah and Penn State University.