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A complex understanding of women who kill their children can help to reduce occurrences of these events.
Research by the University of Huddersfield's Dr Helen Gavin will make an impact on psychiatrists, psychologists and other clinicians around the world who are trying to comprehend and reduce child-killing by women.
Also, a new book co-authored by Dr Gavin and due for publication later in 2014 will lead to a greater understanding of the whole field of female aggression. Her published research has already dealt in depth with subjects such as female serial killers.
Dr Gavin, a psychologist who is Director of Graduate Education at the University of Huddersfield's School of Human and Health Scientists, has been collaborating with Dr Theresa Porter, a clinical psychologist based at a hospital in Connecticut, USA. The two women met at an academic conference and realised that they shared research interests.
This led to an article titled Infanticide and Neonaticide: A Review of 40 Years of Research Literature on Incidence and Causes. It appeared in the journal Trauma, Violence and Abuse.
Neonaticide and infanticide
The article is an in-depth analysis of research that has been conducted over the past 40 years into the subject of women who kill their babies -- either within 24 hours of birth -- neonaticide -- or at a later stage -- infanticide. The article challenges the widespread view that all such women are either monsters or psychotic or both, and explores the complexities of the issues.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140710111629.htm
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