Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I -- Parricide: Facts and Issues; Chapter 1 -- The Phenomenon of Parricide; Chapter 2 -- Child Maltreatment and Parricide; Chapter 3 -- Which Youths Kill; Chapter 4 -- Youths at Risk; Chapter 5 -- Legal and Psychological Issues; Part II -- Case Studies; Chapter 6 -- Assessment and its Implications; Chapter 7 -- Peter Jones; Chapter 8 -- Scott Anders; Chapter 9 -- Patty Smith; Part III -- Implications, Practical Suggestions, and Future Directions; Chapter 10 -- Intervention after the Tragedy; Chapter 11 -- Society's Role
Appendix: Analysis of Parricide Offenders by Juvenile versus Adult StatusNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary
A tragic portrait of adolescents who kill their parents is revealed in this volume: these young people almost always kill out of desperation as they are almost always victims of severe child abuse, neglect and dysfunctional parenting. Drawing upon her experience as a clinician, expert witness and scholar, the author asserts that a combination of interconnected problems creates the conditions for parricide, including: severe sexual, physical and//or verbal abuse of the child; escalating violence in the family; and increasing vulnerability of the child to stressors in the home.>
