Andrea Yates and the Criminalization of the Filicidal Maternal Body

feminist criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-187

  West, Desirée A ^a   Lichtenstein, Bronwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrea Yates; criminalization; filicide; maternal body

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350133310     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085106288863     Document Type: Article

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