Child Victims of Homicide

by Christine Alder, Ken Polk

Children account for 10-20% of all homicide victims in Australia, UK, Canada and the United States. Unlike other forms of homicide where men are by far the most likely perpetrators, studies show that women are as equally likely as men to commit child homicide. The authors ask who are the most likely killers of infants--mothers or fathers? Who are the most likely killers of adolescents--family or outsiders? They also consider patterns in suicide/homicides. The book draws on Australian case studies and comparative statistics from the UK and North America.

198 pages, Paperback

First published July 2, 2001

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think that this would be a good research text for somebody studying law or criminology, but as somebody who has already studied advanced criminal law I didn't get a lot out of it. These cases have already been extensively written about, as have the statistics connected to the cases. There is no new information here and no new conclusions were drawn from the studies. It basically just condenses a lot of information already out there, with full credit to the original researchers, into one source. Perfect if you have an assignment due.