ABSTRACT

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

part |1 pages

PART 1 Violence against children

chapter 1|35 pages

Female sexual abuse of children

chapter 2|25 pages

Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy

chapter 3|20 pages

Maternal physical abuse

chapter 4|29 pages

Infanticide

part |1 pages

PART 2 Violence against the self

chapter 5|34 pages

Deliberate self-harm

chapter 6|20 pages

Anorexia nervosa

part |1 pages

PART 3 Violence against others

chapter 7|31 pages

Battered women who kill