Citation

Logan M. J. Can. Soc. Forensic Sci. 1995; 28(3): 201-213.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Canadian Society of Forensic Science, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00085030.1995.10757484

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Infanticide is not an every-day word, and the terms filicide and neonaticide are rarely, if ever, heard. The killing of a child (infanticide), the killing of one's own child (filicide), and filicide within 24 hours of birth (neonaticide) are subjects that are presently in the spotlight, both in Canada and the United States. We have just witnessed two different cases of filicide.