Drawing on real-life cases as well as research data, Family Murder: Pathologies of Love and Hate distills the current psychiatric knowledge of different forms of murder within the family. Although crimes of this sort have made headlines for decades — and although violence and homicide within the family are public health issues — little guidance exists in the research literature for mental health professionals who treat these families or for the child protection workers and lawyers who interact with them.
This book offers a unique framework for examining the various types of family murder — delving into the commonalities, the differences, and society’s misconceptions and providing readers with a comprehensive guide to begin to understand these tragedies.
Ten forensic psychiatrists, who among them have interviewed hundreds of perpetrators and thousands of individuals affected by family violence, examine crimes such as intimate partner homicide, feticide, child murder by parents, siblicide, and intimate partner homicide in elderly populations as they discuss Epidemiology and public health implications Various motivations for each subtype of family murder Psychiatric assessment issues (e.g., risk assessments, sanity evaluations) Means of prevention Aftermath of these homicides, including sentencing of and working with the perpetrator
No other single source gathers this amount of detailed research and psychiatric experience about every type of murder in the family. With a case-based learning approach supplemented by expert analysis, Family Murder: Pathologies of Love and Hate is an indispensable resource for mental health.
Table of Content
Contributors Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Authorship Statement Introduction Chapter 1. Intimate Partner Homicide by Men Chapter 2. Intimate Partner Homicide by Women Chapter 3. Feticide Chapter 4. Neonaticide Chapter 5. Fatal Maltreatment and Child Abuse Turned to Murder Chapter 6. Child Murder by Parents Chapter 7. Siblicide Chapter 8. Parricide Chapter 9. Intimate Partner Homicide in Elderly Populations Chapter 10. Familicide: Family Annihilation Conclusion Index
About the author
Each of the authors is a member of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) Committee on Psychiatry and the Law. Susan Hatters Friedman, M.D., serves as Chair of the Committee on Psychiatry and the Law at GAP.�
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