Filicidal women: Jail or psychiatric ward?

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-98

  Laporte, Line ^a   Poulin, Bernard ^a   Marleau, Jacques ^a   Roy, Renée ^a   Webanck, Thierry ^a  

^a Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charge; Filicide; Infanticide; Sentence; Verdict; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; LAW SUIT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRISON; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0037354497     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304800205     Document Type: Article

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