Bad, mad or sad? Mothers who kill and press coverage in Israel

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-278

  Cavaglion, Gabriel ^a  

^a ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural construction of social problems; Filicide; Mothers who kill; Press coverage of crimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649407923     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659008092332     Document Type: Article

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