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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Filicide: Its Principal Features and Catastrophic Effects
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A Study of 224 Filicide Killings, 1994–2012
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Dispelling the Myths, Working Towards Prevention
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Postscript
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"Kieran O'Hagan's latest contribution to the child protection literature once again challenges the dominant orthodoxies. O'Hagan passionately and ethically analyses the killing of children in separation, divorce and custody disputes.This powerful and descriptive work will resonate in child protection systems around the world. O'Hagan closely examines the awful, final symbolism of many of these devastating acts. The research will contribute to the work of all those involved in child protection: social workers, nurses, doctors, police, lawyers and judges. Many children would be safer if there were fewer bureaucratic responses to these tragedies and more original and perceptive thinkers like O'Hagan contributing to this important area of practice." - Chris Goddard, Monash University, Australia
"...the comprehensiveness of the book makes it particularly useful as a resource to dip in and out of. It would be of benefit to social workers, criminal justice practitioners, domestic violence workers, family lawyers in fact, almost anyone who has professional contact with, or an interest in, family conflict and violence. It would also serve policymakers well O'Hagan's final chapter makes some important policy recommendations based on his conclusion that filicide-suicide is both preventable and predictable..." - Amanda Holt, British Journal of Criminology
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Filicide-Suicide
Book Subtitle: The Killing of Children in the Context of Separation, Divorce and Custody Disputes
Authors: Kieran O’Hagan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137024329
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-02431-2Published: 07 March 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-43850-1Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-02432-9Published: 07 March 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 230
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Civil Law, Personality and Social Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging