@article{ref1,
title="A case series of twenty one maternal filicides in the UK",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2013",
author="McKee, Amy and Egan, Vincent",
volume="37",
number="10",
pages="753-761",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study reports a case-series study of 21 women from the United Kingdom convicted of the murder or manslaughter of their child (maternal filicide: MF). These cases were reviewed using data provided from police forces and from publicly available resources. METHODS: Content and thematic analysis and multidimensional scaling techniques were used to analyse the relationships between the variables present in the commission of the crimes. RESULTS: Mothers who killed their children could be categorised as emotionally driven and in despair at their situation, or rejecting their children due to perceiving them as a threat. Mothers who killed their babies (neonaticides) appeared to form two distinct subgroups: reluctant and detached neonaticidal offenders. CONCLUSION: These findings offer an insight into the factors that may be of relevance in understanding how a mother may come to commit MF, and are interpreted in terms of disturbed attachment processes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.02.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.02.008"
}