Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword to first edition; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Violence against children; Chapter 1 The development of maternal abuse: Female perversion; Chapter 2 Female sexual abuse of children; Chapter 3 Maternal physical abuse; Chapter 4 Fabricated or induced illness; Chapter 5 Infanticide; Part II: Violence against the self; Chapter 6 Deliberate self-harm Introduction; Chapter 7 Anorexia nervosa; Part III: Violence against others; Chapter 8 Battered women who kill; Part IV: Clinical applications
Summary
What are the causes of violence in women?. What can be done to help these women and their victims?. Why does society deny the fact of female violence?. This book explores the nature and causes of female violence from the perspectives of psychodynamic theory and forensic psychology. This fully updated and expanded second edition explores developments in research and services for violent women. Recent high profile cases of female violence are discussed alongside clinical material and theory. New topics include: the Victoria Climbi Inquiry, the controversy related to the diagnosis of Munchausen
