ABSTRACT

From governments that enact population-limiting legislation or commit wholesale neonaticide, to families who purposely allow a weak, infirm, or unfavorably gendered infant to perish rather than expend limited resources, neonaticide, infanticide, and filicide, are practiced on every continent and by every level of cultural complexity.

Taking

chapter 3|20 pages

Motives for Murder

chapter 4|20 pages

Neonaticide and Its Alternatives

chapter 5|16 pages

Neonaticide and the Law

chapter 7|14 pages

Postpartum Depression Disorders

chapter 11|18 pages

Child Homicide: Preventive Measures

chapter 12|6 pages

Concluding Thoughts and Recommendations