Attempted Infanticide

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1985 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 146, pages 206-208 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: A J, Wilkins;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.146.2.206

pmid: 3978337

Attempted Infanticide

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Abstract

SummaryThe offence of attempted infanticide has hitherto been unknown in English Law. A case is here described in which a woman was convicted of infanticide, and attempted infanticide, having been charged with murder and attempted murder. The relevance of this is discussed, together with an aspect of infanticide previously unreported in the English literature, i.e. repetition of the offence.

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The Royal Free Hospital
United Kingdom
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom

Keywords

Adult, England, Depression, Recurrence, Infanticide, Humans, Female

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