Keywords:
Ohio Reformatory for Women
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Women prisoners Interviews
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Women murderers Interviews
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Infanticide Case studies
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Filicide Case studies
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Ohio Reformatory for Women
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Winner of the 2008 Outstanding Book Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Michelle Oberman and Cheryl L. Meyer don’t write for news magazines or prime-time investigative television shows, but the stories they tell hold the same fascination. When Mothers Kill is compelling. In a clear, direct fashion the authors recount what they have learned from interviewing women imprisoned for killing their children. Readers will be shocked and outraged-as much by the violence the women have endured in their own lives as by the violence they engaged in-but they will also be informed and e
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 179 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814757022
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9780814757024
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DDC:
364.152/308520973
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Stories; The Saddest Stories; "She's the World to Me": The Mother-Daughter Relationships Described by Mothers Who Committed Filicide; Fighting for Love: Filicidal Mothers and Their Male Partners; Mothering: Hopes, Expectations, and Realities; Punishment, Shame, and Guilt; Part II: Making Sense of the Stories; Interactions with the State: Holes in the Safety Nets; The End of the Story; Appendix A: Methodology; Appendix B: Neonaticide; Appendix C: Mothers Who Purposely Kill Their Children; Notes; Index; About the Authors
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
