A review of maternal and paternal filicide

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-82

  Bourget, Dominique ^a,b,c   Grace, Jennifer ^a   Whitehurst, Laurie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Simcoe County District School Board ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATALITY; FILIXIC ACID; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34247526762     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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