Infanticide and illegal infant abandonment in Malaysia

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1715-1724

  Razali, Salmi ^a,b   Kirkman, Maggie ^a   Ahmad, S Hassan ^b   Fisher, Jane ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Human development; Infant abandonment; Infanticide; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATHER; GRANDFATHER; GRANDMOTHER; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; LIVE BIRTH; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALAYSIA; MOTHER; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRIME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEXISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908565524     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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