Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:809-813
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The murdered child and his killers
D Kaplun and R Reich
The authors studied 112 cases of child homicide in New York City in
1968-1969 to identify contributing social and psychiatric factors and to
determine the fate of the surviving siblings and the degree of involvement
of the city's social agencies with the families. There was a pattern of
long-term familial child maltreatment extending to the siblings and
continuing after the murders. The victims were usually illegitimate
preschoolers; the assailants, usually the mothers or their paramours, had
backgrounds of assaultiveness and social deviance and killed in impulsive
rage. Reports of sexual abuse of victims or of suicide or psychosis among
assailants were rare. The authors present case illustrations and offer
guidelines for improved prevention by psychiatrists and social workers.
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