Why kids kill parents : child abuse and adolescent homicide / Kathleen M. Heide.

A tragic portrait of adolescents who kill their parents is revealed in this volume: these young people almost always kill out of desperation as they are almost always victims of severe child abuse, neglect and dysfunctional parenting. Drawing upon her experience as a clinician, expert witness and sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heide, Kathleen M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications, [1995]
Subjects:	Parricide > United States. Dysfunctional families > United States. Family violence > United States. Adolescent psychotherapy > United States. Violence. Psychotherapy. Child abuse. Homicide. violence. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology. Violence Psychotherapy Child abuse Adolescent psychotherapy Dysfunctional families Family violence Parricide Eltern Mord Kindesmisshandlung Vatermord Kriminalpsychiatrie Moorden. Ouders. Kindermishandeling. United States USA
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Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I
Parricide: Facts and Issues; Chapter 1
The Phenomenon of Parricide; Chapter 2
Child Maltreatment and Parricide; Chapter 3
Which Youths Kill; Chapter 4
Youths at Risk; Chapter 5
Legal and Psychological Issues; Part II
Case Studies; Chapter 6
Assessment and its Implications; Chapter 7
Peter Jones; Chapter 8
Scott Anders; Chapter 9
Patty Smith; Part III
Implications, Practical Suggestions, and Future Directions; Chapter 10
Intervention after the Tragedy; Chapter 11
Society's Role.
Appendix: Analysis of Parricide Offenders by Juvenile versus Adult StatusNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

Why kids kill parents : child abuse and adolescent homicide / Kathleen M. Heide.

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