Maternal filicide theoretical framework

Mugavin, Marie E.

doi:10.1097/01263942-200806000-00004

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“…Children are most likely to acquire aggressive behavior when they witness acts of violence, if their own aggression is positively reinforced, or when they are subject to violence themselves (Huesmann, 1988). Moreover, consistent with the cycle-of-violence perspective, it may be that abused women grow to believe that being violent toward their children is morally right (Mugavin, 2008).…”

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“…In order to advance the current understanding of maternal child murder and related factors, some researchers introduced filicide classification systems (e.g., Bourget & Bradford, 1990;Bourget & Gagné, 2002;Mugavin, 2008;Resnick, 1969;Scott, 1973). Nevertheless, the models have proved limited in their application to real-life child homicide cases.…”

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Victim, perpetrator, and offense characteristics in filicide and filicide–suicide

Debowska

Boduszek

Dhingra

2015

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical review of most recent studies of parental and stepparental filicide. A detailed review of the literature revealed the importance of certain demographic, environmental, and psychosocial factors in the commission of child homicide.Our findings indicate that filicides perpetrated by genetic parents and stepparents differ considerably in terms of underlying motivational factors. Data in the literature suggest that biological parents are more likely to choose methods of killing which produce quick and painless death, whereas stepparents frequently kill their wards by beating. Research results demonstrate the victims of maternal filicides to be significantly younger than the victims of paternal filicides. Additionally, filicide-suicide is most often associated with parental psychopathology. Genetic fathers are at the greatest risk of death by suicide after the commission of familicide. These findings are discussed in relation to theoretical frameworks explaining the occurrence of child murder. Further, limitations of reviewed studies and directions for future research are presented.

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Victim, perpetrator, and offense characteristics in filicide and filicide–suicide

Debowska

Boduszek

Dhingra

2015

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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“…This, in turn, might provide a rationale for this specific offense and the degree to which it differs from other forms of intrafamilial homicide with respect to risk factors and effective preventive efforts. Previous attempts to develop theoretical frameworks for intrafamilial homicides have been made, but to our knowledge, none has been developed specifically for familicides (Barone, Bramante, Lionetti, & Pastore, 2014; Mugavin, 2008).…”

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Familicide: A Systematic Literature Review

Karlsson

Antfolk

Putkonen

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Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Familicides have received relatively little attention and are mostly discussed in studies with broader aims. Here, we reviewed 67 studies from 18 countries on familicides, in which an offender killed or attempted to kill their current or former spouse/intimate partner and one or more of their biological or stepchildren. We conducted a systematic literature search in PubMed, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar. Eight studies investigated familicide specifically, while the remaining reported on familicide cases as a subsample. We retrieved data on offenders’ gender, age, and background as well as on victims and their relationship to the offender. We also retrieved data on contextual factors and offense characteristics (i.e., modus operandi, offense location, premeditation, and whether or not the offender had committed suicide). We also coded methodological aspects of the studies. Familicides were almost exclusively committed by men and about half of the familicide cases led to the suicide of the offender. Mental health problems, relationship problems, and financial difficulties were prevalent. Because few studies reported population base rates of the investigated characteristics, it is difficult to draw conclusions about specific risk factors. Future research should further investigate typologies of familicide and examine risk factors for different types of familicides.

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“…In the case of the participant 2, we verified the existence of risk factors for neonaticide: the child was born at home, the woman was all alone [24], the unwished pregnancy [25] and the hiding of the pregnancy [26]. In this participant is noted also an affective negation of the pregnancy, in which the woman has cognitive perception of her pregnancy but she doesn't take emotional preparation for the birth [27]; this condition is also known as a risk factor for neonaticide.…”

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The Women’s Perpetrated Murder Experience

Martinez-Claudio¹

2017

Acta Psychopathol

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This research focuses on the experience of the perpetration of a murder in a population composed of four women. For this study, we used the qualitative research method of Amedeo Giorgi. We focused the study analysis in the cognitive processes, associated with the decision to commit the murder, and in the context in which this phenomenon emerges. The results are consistent with the perspective of murder as a multifactorial phenomenon. We have further found that the resolution of the homicide not always precedes the practice thereof.

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Maternal filicide theoretical framework

Cited by 8 publications

References 39 publications

Victim, perpetrator, and offense characteristics in filicide and filicide–suicide

Victim, perpetrator, and offense characteristics in filicide and filicide–suicide

Familicide: A Systematic Literature Review

The Women’s Perpetrated Murder Experience

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