Kathleen M Heide

Understanding Parricide

When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Understanding Parricide is the most comprehensive book available about juvenile and adult sons and daughters who kill their parents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780195176667
• ISBN-10: 0195176669
• Artikelnr.: 22897053

Autorenporträt

Kathleen M. Heide, Ph.D., is Professor of Criminology at the University of South Florida, Tampa. Dr. Heide, a licensed mental health professional, is an internationally-recognized consultant on adolescent homicide and family violence and a court-appointed expert in matters relating to homicide, children, and families.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I CLINICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES
1. The Phenomenon of Parricide
2. Child Maltreatment and Parricide
3. Parricide: Basic Facts and Literature
4. Matricide: Basic Facts and Literature
5. Patricide: Basic Facts and Literature
6. Prosecuting and Punishing Parricide Offenders
7. Defending Parricide Offenders
PART II CASE STUDIES
8. Assessment of Parricide Offenders
9. Patty Smith - "No Way Out but Murder"
10. Peter Jones - "Repeating the Past"
11. James Holt -- "The Making of a Murderer"
12. Daniel Culbreath - "Fantasy Becomes Reality"
13. Ben Simpson -- "An Over-Indulged Child"
PART III SOCIETY'S RESPONSE
14. Treating Parricide Offenders
15. Follow-Up Studies of Parricide Offenders
16. Risk Assessment and Prevention
Notes
References
About the Author
Index