Citation

Goetting A. J. Fam. Violence 1988; 3(4): 339-346.

Affiliation

Western Kentucky University, 42101 Bowling Green, Kentucky

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00989982

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The population of 36 parents or parent figures arrested for killing their children or charges, who were under the age of 6 years in Detroit, Michigan, between 1982 and 1986, are described in the context of their deadly acts. This profile of parent-on-child homicide includes demographic and social characteristics of offenders and victims, circumstances of offense, andarrest and court dispositions.