Mothers Who Kill Their Children: Understanding the Acts of Moms from Susan Smith to the Prom Mom

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by Michelle Rone, Cheryl Meyer, Michelle Oberman, et al.

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An inside look into patterns and potential prevention plans for one of the most hotly sensationalized crimes

A special kind of horror is reserved for mothers who kill their children. Cases such as those of Susan Smith, who drowned her two young sons by driving her car into a lake, and Melissa Drexler, who disposed of her newborn baby in a restroom at her prom, become media sensations. Unfortunately, in addition to these high-profile...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814756441

ISBN13:9780814756447

Release Date:December 2008

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 8.6"

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Criminology Family Relationships Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Mental Illness Motherhood Murder & Mayhem Parenting & Relationships Politics & Social Sciences Psychology Psychology & Counseling Social Sciences True Accounts True Crime Women's Studies

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This book traces a tradition of which most Americans are unaware: mothers who kill an infant post partum have generally been treated leniently (prior to the last ten years or so) by the criminal justice system. Indeed, in England there is a statute so providing. Oberman and Meyer explore the tradition and its probable policy basis and whether it should be retained.

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