Maternal infanticide and modern motherhood

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-83

  Smithey, Martha ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Family violence; Filicide; Homicide; Infant homicide; Infanticide; Motherhood; Self perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937341200     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v13n01_03     Document Type: Article

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