when sons and daughters kill parents Heide, Kathleen M. creator text nyu New York Oxford University Press 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource. This study is about juvenile and adult sons and daughters who kill their parents. It moves far behind the statistical correlates of parricide by synthesizing the professional literature on parricide in general, matricide, patricide, double parricides, and familicides. The book explains the reasons behind the killings and includes in-depth discussion of issues related to prosecuting and defending parricide offenders. The book is enriched with its focus on clinical assessment, case studies, and follow-up of parricide offenders, as well as treatment, risk assessment, and prevention. specialized Kathleen M. Heide. Includes bibliographical references and index. Parricide Family violence Abused children Mentally ill children Care Juvenile homicide Parricide Case studies Family violence Case studies Abused children Case studies Mentally ill children Care Case studies Juvenile homicide Case studies HV6542 .H449 2013 364.1523 9780199979028 (ebook) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195176667.001.0001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195176667.001.0001 StDuBDS 121220 20150804193944.0 EDZ0000115771