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MARIA COLWELL . . . JASMINE BECKFORD . . . BABY P . . . EVERY TIME A CHILD DIES VIOLENTLY, THE PUBLIC REEL AT THE SUGGESTION THAT A PARENT MAY HAVE BEEN COMPLICIT IN THEIR OFFSPRING'S MURDER. THIS TIMELY STUDY SEEKS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF HOW THE PROTECTIVE INSTINCT SOMETIMES FAILS, AND WHY SOME PARENTS FATALLY HARM THEIR OWN. In Parents Who Kill, acclaimed crime writer Carol Anne Davis examines the tragic phenomena of infanticide and child murder with an objective yet compassionate eye. Case histories vary from the universal - the age-old problem of neglected or abused children growing up to batter their own babies is examined in depth - to the culturally specific, with an analysis of the religious and sexual taboos which lead to so-called honour killings . In twenty-five powerful themed chapters, Parents Who Kill examines the processes of score-settling in relationships, postnatal depression, psychosis, neglect, mercy and honour killing, along with many other homicidal triggers. The final chapter, 'Saving Lives', offers solutions and examines helpful resources.
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Carol Anne Davis was born in Dundee, moved to Edinburgh in her twenties and currently lives in the southwest of England. She is the author of five highly influential true crime books - Youthful Prey, Sadistic Killers, Couples Who Kill, Children Who Kill, Women Who Kill - each of which examines the killer's formative influences and the key events leading up to their murderous acts. Carol has also been hailed as the Queen of Noir for her authorship of five psychological crime novels. More information is available from her site: www.carolannedavis.co.uk PRAISE FOR CAROL ANNE DAVIS : A remarkable and very readable book . . . The author deserves credit for tackling a taboo subject in a thoughtful way. YORKSHIRE POST Carol Anne Davis writes with dangerous authority about the deadly everyday . . . You ve got to read her. IAN RANKIN, creator of Rebus
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A Brilliant Book,
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This review is from: Parents Who Kill: Murderers of Newborn, Pre-Teen and Teenage Children (Paperback)
In her latest spine-chilling oeuvre, Carol Anne Davis does it again. And yet, in recounting some of the most jaw-dropping crimes, world-wide, against children, she does so authoritatively, dispassionately and compassionately.
Her compassion is always reserved for the unfortunate children, but also for the parents of severely disabled children, who believe that killing their offspring is both necessary and justifiable, rather than leave them to a cruel, unfeeling world when they, the parents, die. But those tales are in the minority; much of the book is filled with parents either killing their children as a result of mental illness, for gain or spite; or the tales of the sub-humans, masquerading as human beings who subject their - or their partner's - children to the most grotesque savagery. I believed that I had read a comprehensive account in the press of the events which led to the death of `Baby P' in north London but I was wrong. Ms. Davis has delved long and hard into the behaviour of Baby P's stepfather, details of which beggars belief. That the doctors, police and social workers could be fobbed-off, on sixty occasions within a period of eight months, with nobody willing to take the conspicuously abused child into care, should be sufficient to make them collectively hang their heads in shame. Once again, Carol Anne Davis has produced a magnificent book; and the harrowing tales end with a `Saving Lives' chapter. That, and the preceding twenty-four chapters should be required reading for anybody involved in the world of child protection. A must-read.
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Poor analysis and presentation,
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This review is from: Parents Who Kill: Murderers of Newborn, Pre-Teen and Teenage Children (Paperback)
While there are a large number of cases of infanticide presented in this book there is no evidence of any authoritative research, particularly in the more recent cases, other than what is already in the public arena. I found the author's negative comments toward the perpetrators to be judgemental and unprofessional, which over time became extremely irritating. It would be much more effective to allow readers to come to conclusions themselves. On the whole, this was a very disappointing read.
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Parents Who Kill: Murderers of Newborn, Pre-Teen and Teenage Children,
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This review is from: Parents Who Kill: Murderers of Newborn, Pre-Teen and Teenage Children (Paperback)
fantastic book read in one day hard to put down.very sad how these children were killed
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