Perinatal risk factors for neonaticide and infant homicide: can we identify those at risk?

Craig, Michael C.

doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.2.57

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“…Neonaticide has previously been linked to the stigma of illegitimate children by unmarried women (Craig 2004;Resnick 1970). This was not supported by results in the present study.…”

Section: Risk Factorscontrasting

confidence: 97%

Potential predictors in neonaticide: the impact of the circumstances of pregnancy

Amon

Putkonen

Weizmann‐Henelius

et al. 2012

Arch Womens Ment Health

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This study aims to evaluate the psychosocial factors of neonaticide, especially the circumstances before delivery, the relationships of the pregnant women, and their social environment awareness of women's pregnancy. This nationwide study was register-based, comprising all known neonaticides in Austria and Finland between 1995 and 2005. Cases (n = 28) were obtained by screening the death certificates from coroner's departments and by analyzing them along with all further available reports. Few women (17.9 %, 5/28) admitted their pregnancy to others. Although most (16/28) offenders were in a relationship, the partner had knowledge of the pregnancy in only three cases. The main motive for negation of the pregnancy (named in 60.8 % of cases) was fear of abandonment/negative response from others. The fertility rate among the women was high, but half of those with children had lost the custody of them. In neonaticide, the lack of awareness surrounding offenders' pregnancy, as well as the awareness of social environment, is more relevant than any other social variable.

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“…Neonaticide has previously been linked to the stigma of illegitimate children by unmarried women (Craig 2004;Resnick 1970). This was not supported by results in the present study.…”

Section: Risk Factorscontrasting

confidence: 97%

Potential predictors in neonaticide: the impact of the circumstances of pregnancy

Amon

Putkonen

Weizmann‐Henelius

et al. 2012

Arch Womens Ment Health

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“…B. einer wahnhaften Vorstellung, dass das Kind missgebildet wäre oder leiden würde, sodass es erlöst werden müsste ("mercy killing") [8,9,11]. Vor allem die amerikanische Literatur berichtet aber auch Fälle von impulsivem Schlagen, das durch unzutreffende Anmutungen gezielter Provokation durch die Kinder evoziert wird wie von chronischen Schädigungen der Säug-linge durch "Münchhausen-by-proxy", also artifizieller Störung, die von den Müttern dissoziativ verleugnet wird [6,29,27,28]. Neonatizide werden meist von Müt-tern verübt; Infantizide werden, vor allem in der amerikanischen Literatur, bei zunehmendem Alter über eine Woche als zunehmend auch von Vätern oder Stiefvätern verübt berichtet [17,3] [17].…”

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Pathological Altruism, Narcicissm, and Dissociation as Prerequisite for Infanticide

Mundt

2009

Forens Psychiatr Psychol Kriminol

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“…The term 'neonaticide' has replaced the old term 'infanticide' to denote the murder of a baby within 24 h of its birth, while 'filicide' (also previously called 'infanticide' or sometimes 'family murder') is now used for the parental killing of a child up to the age of 18 years (Resnick 1970). One can distinguish between 'customary neonaticide', which in some cultures was an accepted means of population control, from 'anomic' or 'criminal neonaticide', which has no social legitimacy, but results from the panic or fury of a woman who has in despair concealed or denied her pregnancy and has consequently given birth secretly (Friedman and Resnick 2009;Craig 2004). This used to be a common crime and was considered a major public health problem.…”

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Anonymous birth law saves babies—optimization, sustainability and public awareness

Grylli

Brockington

Fiala³

et al. 2015

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The aims of this study are to assess the impact of Austria's anonymous birth law from the time relevant statistical records are available and to evaluate the use of hatches versus anonymous hospital delivery. This study is a complete census of police-reported neonaticides (1975-2012) as well as anonymous births including baby hatches in Austria during 2002-2012. The time trends of neonaticide rates, anonymous births and baby hatches were analysed by means of Poisson and logistic regression model. Predicted and observed rates were derived and compared using a Bayesian Poisson regression model. Predicted numbers of neonaticides for the period of the active awareness campaign, 2002-2004, were more than three times larger than the observed number (p = 0.0067). Of the 365 women who benefitted from this legislation, only 11.5% chose to put their babies in a baby hatch. Since the law was introduced, a significant decreasing tendency of numbers of anonymous births (p = 047) was observed, while there was significant increase of neonaticide rates (p = 0.0001). The implementation of the anonymous delivery law is associated with a decrease in the number of police-reported neonaticides. The subsequent significantly decreasing numbers of anonymous births with an accompanying increase of neonaticides represents additional evidence for the effectiveness of the measure.

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Perinatal risk factors for neonaticide and infant homicide: can we identify those at risk?

Cited by 65 publications

References 40 publications

Potential predictors in neonaticide: the impact of the circumstances of pregnancy

Potential predictors in neonaticide: the impact of the circumstances of pregnancy

Pathological Altruism, Narcicissm, and Dissociation as Prerequisite for Infanticide

Anonymous birth law saves babies—optimization, sustainability and public awareness

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