Families, Murder, and Insanity: A Psychiatric Review of Paternal Neonaticide

Kaye, Neil S.; Borenstein, Neal; Donnelly, Susan

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“…Só a partir do ano 300 é que o cristianismo, grandemente influenciado pela lei judaica, começou a ver o filicídio como um crime. É contudo importante compreender que outras culturas desenvolveram outro tipo de atitudes em relação ao assassínio de crianças (Kaye, 2005).…”

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“…Os Estados Unidos apresentam a taxa mais elevada de homicídios de crianças com menos de 4 anos (Kaye, 2005). Estudos anteriores, referentes aos anos 70, verificam, no entanto, nos Estados Unidos, que 3% dos homicídios são filicídios, enquanto na Grã-Bretanha esta taxa é de 25%.…”

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“…Outros dados indicam que o filicído é cometido por homens e mulheres em percentagens semelhantes (e.g. Jason et al, 1983, in Somander & Rammer, 1991; ao passo que o neonaticídio paternal é geralmente descrito como extremamente raro (Kaye, 2005;Resnick, 1970).…”

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Filicídio: Incidência e factores associados

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2012

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O presente artigo é uma revisão da literatura sobre o filicídio. Define o filicídio do ponto de vista legal e psicológico e refere a sua incidência em diferentes países. Aborda os factores ambientais, parentais e relacionados com a vítima que são susceptíveis de contribuir para o fenómeno. Dentro do filicídio destaca o neonaticídio por ter características muito próprias que o distinguem dos outros casos de filicídio.

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“…Des scientifiques ont tenté d'expliquer ces meurtres en élaborant un profil des mères néonaticides. Les auteurs des néonaticides sont en effet des mères dans l'écrasante majorité des cas, bien qu'un article se penche sur le néonaticide paternel qu'il qualifie de peu commun [7]. Ces mères sont fréquemment décrites dans la littérature internationale, surtout anglo-saxonne, comme de jeunes célibataires, primipares, pauvres du double point de vue économique et éducationnel [4,5,[10][11][12]20].…”

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Le portrait des mères néonaticides dans les expertises judiciaires

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Recherche financée par l'Observatoire National de l'Enfance en Danger, la région Ile-de-France, la Fondation pour la recherche en Psychiatrie et en santé mentale, la Fondation Wyeth pour la santé de l'enfant et de l'adolescent.Remerciements à Pascale Gerbouin-Rérolle responsable du recueil des données. 3The profile of neonaticide mothers in legal expertise Key words: infanticide, maternal behaviour, personality, intergenerational relations, forensic psychiatry. IntroductionNeonaticide is the term used to refer to the killing of newborn infants within the first twenty-four hours of life. A recent study conducted by INSERM Unit 750 found a frequency of 2.1 cases of neonaticide for 100,000 births in France. The persistence of these crimes raises serious issues, and scientists have attempted to explain this by the profile of neonaticidal mothers: young, or even teenage, single, primiparous, and socially deprived. The present study sought to question this profile, and to suggest a new profile for neonaticidal mothers. Data and methodsThis retrospective study over the years 1996-2000 comprised 32 cases of neonaticide perpetrated in three French regions. 17 solved cases of these 32 cases generated 54 documents by expert consultants, mainly psychiatric and psychological expertise, studied and analysed here using Modalisa software for quantitative analyses and Nvivo software for qualitative data. ResultsNo single socio-demographic profile was observed. The mothers were in contrasting situations at the time of the event. There were few psychotic profiles. The other psychopathological disturbances detected were very often related to the event. The most surprising feature in the expert reports describing the neonaticidal mothers was the existence of what we have termed descriptive absent-factors. These mothers had not experienced major trauma in childhood such as the death of persons close or foster care.They were not living in an environment of family violence. They did not exhibit addictive or self-harm behaviours. Their parents before them had similar profiles, except three cases of alcoholism. Their parentage, and that of the infants, was not an issue. The most widely described personality features were immaturity, dependency on others, withdrawal, inhibition, emptiness, lack of affectivity, nonexpressiveness, and devaluation of self-image. The very impoverished relational environment of these mothers also appears in the expertise data. Their affective and relational foundations were insecure. DiscussionThe "classic" profile of the neonaticidal mother as being young, single, and primiparous is not confirmed in this study. Recent American and European studies reach similar conclusions. More than half of these mothers already had other children, more than half were living with a partner. Nor did these mothers have an evident psychopathological profile, and even less so a psychopathic profile. This study suggests a "psycho-relational" profile for the neonaticidal mother: immature, affectively dependent, expressing herself...

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“…L'examen des écrits montre que les parents ayant tué leur nouveau-né sont majoritairement des femmes (Crittenden et Craig, 1990 ;Rodenburg, 1971 ;Marks et Kumar, 1993, 1996. En effet, on retrouve peu de cas de néonaticides paternels (Adelson, 1991 ;Resnick, 1969 ;Kaye, Borenstein et Donnelly, 1990).…”

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Cinq cas de néonaticide au Québec

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Le néonaticide est l’homicide d’un enfant né depuis moins de 24 heures, commis presque exclusivement par la mère. Les données actuelles décrivent ces parents comme des femmes jeunes, célibataires, ayant caché leur grossesse et leur accouchement, immatures et paniquant au moment du passage à l’acte. Cinq vignettes provenant de l’étude de dossiers du Coroner en chef du Québec sont présentées afin de vérifier si ce type d’homicide représente un groupe homogène et correspond à ce qu’on retrouve dans les écrits depuis trois décennies. D’après les données recueillies pour 1986-1994, l’immaturité, le déni et la grossesse non désirée caractérisent un sous-groupe de femmes adolescentes, un autre sous-groupe de femmes plus âgées vivent l’angoisse d’une séparation lors du passage à l’acte. Des implications cliniques et théoriques sont discutées en rapport avec la notion de sous-groupes.A neonaticide is the homicide of an infant that occurs during the first 24 hours after birth. This homicide is almost exclusively done by the mother. According to previous data, the parent who commits such homicide is a single woman, who usually conceals her pregnancy and delivers secretly either at home or in the workplace and panics at this very moment. Five vignettes are selected from the files of the Québec Coroner. The cases are presented in order to verify if these women represent a homogeneous group, as research of the last thirty years has demonstrated. According to data for the period between 1986 and 1994, the deceased newborns are boys, and the teenage mothers have personalities that are characterized by immaturity. In this group, denial of pregnancy is a temporary state that may vary in depth among individuals. Moreover, they did not want to be pregnant. One older group of women experience separation anxiety at the time of commiting the neonaticide. Clinical and theoretical implications are discussed in link with these two sub-groups.El neonaticidio es el homicidio de un recién nacido de menos de 24 horas, cometido casi exclusivamente por la madre. Los datos actuales describen a estos padres como mujeres jóvenes, solteras, que han escondido su embarazo y parto, inmaduras y con pánico en el momento de pasar al acto. Se presentan cinco viñetas, provenientes del estudio de los expedientes del Jefe del Servicio Médico Forense del Quebec, a fin de verificar si este tipo de homicidio representa a un grupo homogéneo y corresponde a lo que se encuentra en los escritos desde hace tres décadas. De acuerdo con los datos recopilados en 1986-1994, todos los recién nacidos son niños, la inmadurez, la negación y el embarazo no deseado caracterizan a un subgrupo de mujeres adolescentes. Otro subgrupo de mujeres de mayor edad vive la angustia de una separación en el momento de pasar al acto. Se discuten las implicaciones clínicas y teóricas con relación a la noción de subgrupos.O infanticídio é o homicídio de uma criança nascida em menos de 24 horas, cometido quase exclusivamente pela mãe. Os dados atuais descrevem estas mães como mulheres jovens,...

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Families, Murder, and Insanity: A Psychiatric Review of Paternal Neonaticide

Cited by 43 publications

References 8 publications

Filicídio: Incidência e factores associados

Filicídio: Incidência e factores associados

Le portrait des mères néonaticides dans les expertises judiciaires

Cinq cas de néonaticide au Québec

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