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Why Kids Kill Parents: Child Abuse and Adolescent Homicide

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Why Kids Kill Parents: Child Abuse and Adolescent Homicide - Heide, Kathleen M
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A tragic portrait of adolescents who kill their parents is revealed in this volume: these young people almost always kill out of desperation as they are almost always victims of severe child abuse, neglect and dysfunctional parenting. Drawing upon her experience as a clinician, expert witness and scholar, the author asserts that a combination of interconnected problems creates the conditions for parricide, including: severe sexual, physical and//or verbal abuse of the child; escalating violence in the family; and ...

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Why Kids Kill Parents: Child Abuse and Adolescent Homicide 1994, Sage Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks

ISBN-13: 9780803970601

Revised edition

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Why Kids Kill Parents: Child Abuse and Adolescent Homicide 1992, Ohio State University Press

ISBN-13: 9780814205631

Hardcover