Endangered children : homicide and other crimes /
Lita Linzer Schwartz, Natalie K. Isser.
- 2nd ed.
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.
- xiii, 273 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-257) and index.
Children : an endangered species throughout history -- Neonaticide in theory and in history : who are the perpetrators? -- Motives for abuse -- Neonaticide and its alternatives -- Neonaticide and the law -- In transition : from one form of child abuse to another -- Postpartum depression disorders -- Infanticide, filicide, and other abuses -- The law and crimes against children -- Choice and reproduction arguments -- Child abuse : preventive measures.