Contents: Preface: Confidentiality. Introduction: How We Came to the Work.
Part I: Violence and Loss in Childhood. Children and Trauma. Children and
Violence. Children and Grief. Why do People Kill Their Partners? Part II:
When Father Kills Mother: Effects on the Children. The Children's Stories.
Picking up the Pieces. When Mother Kills Father. Healing the Trauma: Help
for Children and Those Who Care for Them. For the Rest of Their Childhood.
Looking Backward and Looking Forward: The Consequences for Adult Life. The
Legal System. Part III: Learning from Experience. Research Findings.
Planning Services for Bereaved and Traumatised Children. Appendices:
Interviewing the Traumatised Child. Principles and Practice in Child Law.
The Classification of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Voluntary Help:
Useful Addresses. When Father Kills Mother: Principles for Practice.
