ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Neonaticide, Familicide, Filicide

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: sinsel

Document Summary

Altruistic filicide: most commonly perpetrated by mothers, misguided love , presence of mental illness (often depression, lack of social support, feelings of inadequacy. Fatal child abuse: perpetrators most likely to be fathers. Believes death is in the best interest of the child. Impulsive acts; loss of temper: history of child maltreatment and abuse against victim, violent, conflictual homes, no intent to kill, absence of psychiatric disorder, modus operandi: shaking, blunt force, throwing. Spouse revenge: most commonly perpetrated by fathers, anger toward spouse displaced onto child, often committed within context of separation and child custody disputes, extension of male power and control, sometimes acts of familicide, often intentional acts. Risk assessment: definition: the process through which an organisation or professional attempts to assess the degree of harm or injury likely to ensue from family violence, including homicide (braff & Offending narratives: based on data from the australian homicide project, a few quotes to illustrate some themes.