Fatal child abuse: a study of 13 cases of continuous abuse
A parent who continuously physically abuses her/his child doesn’t aim to kill the child but commits an accidental filicide in a more violent outburst of anger. Fatal abuse deaths are prevented by recognition of signs of battering in time. Out of 200 examined intra-familial filicides, 23 (12%) were c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi - Emerald Publishing
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Mental Illness |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mi/article/view/2462 |