Investigative analysis of neonaticide: An exploratory study

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 522-535

  Beyer, Kristen ^a,b   McAuliffe MacK, Shannon ^a   Shelton, Joy Lynn ^a  

^a FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child infant homicide; Filicide; Infant murder; Infanticide; Mothers who kill; Neonaticide; Parental murder

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149090835     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807313410     Document Type: Article

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