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When mothers kill : interviews from prison /

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From the Publisher: Michelle Oberman and Cheryl L. Meyer don't write for news magazines or prime-time investigative television shows, but the stories they tell hold the same fascination. When Mothers Kill is compelling. In a clear, direct fashion the authors recount what they have learned fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oberman, Michelle
Other Authors: Meyer, Cheryl L., 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Infanticide > United States > Case studies.
Filicide > United States > Case studies.
Women murderers > United States > Interviews.
Women prisoners > United States > Interviews.
Ohio Reformatory for Women.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The saddest stories
  • She's the world to me : the mother-daughter relationships described by mothers who committed filicide
  • Fighting for love : filicidal mothers and their male partners
  • Mothering : hopes, expectations and realities
  • Punishment, shame and guilt
  • Making sense of the stories
  • Interactions with the state : holes in the safety nets
  • The end of the story.