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Stepparents and Genetic Parents Use Different Methods to Murder Their Children
| Title: | Stepparents and Genetic Parents Use Different Methods to Murder Their Children. |
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| Name(s): |
Grady, Mary Ann Shackelford, Todd K., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | 2006 | |
| Date Issued: | 2006 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 76 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | Stepparents commit filicide more often than do genetic parents. In 1994, using Canadian and British national databases, Daly and Wilson provided evidence that there are motivational differences that may affect the methods by which stepparents and genetic parents kill their children, and that stepfathers were more likely than genetic fathers to commit filicide by methods of beating and bludgeoning, revealing greater resentment and bitterness toward their charges. Genetic fathers were more likely to kill their children by asphyxiation or shooting, perhaps to ensure a less painful and quicker death. In 2004, Weekes-Shackelford and Shackelford, using a United States national database, replicated the findings of Daly and Wilson (1994) for stepfathers and genetic fathers. I sought to replicate the findings of Daly and Wilson (1994), and WeekesShackelford and Shackelford (2004) using a United States county-level database for Broward County, Florida that included case-level information for 89 filicides. Prediction 1, that the percentage of filicides committed by beating or bludgeoning would be greater for stepparents than for genetic parents, was supported. Prediction 2, that the percentage of filicides committed by beating or bludgeoning would be greater for stepfathers than for genetic fathers, was in the predicted direction but was not significant. Discussion addresses step parental psychology in view of the current research, the limitations of the current study, and future research directions for this topic. | |
| Identifier: | FA00000803 (IID) | |
| Degree granted: | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2006. | |
| Note(s): | Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | |
| Subject(s): |
Filicide Children--Crimes against Abused children--Mortality Abusive parents--Psychology Criminal behavior, Prediction of Infanticide |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000803 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
