Publications by authors named "I M Brockington"
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- A study analyzed 126 cases of serial neonaticide, collecting data from medical reports and newspapers, highlighting that these cases often involve women in stable relationships and other family members.
- In cases where multiple infants are killed, there is frequently an emotional attachment to the babies, with some mothers motivated by family limitation.
- The findings imply that this type of crime may be more prevalent than previously thought, due to under-reporting and the ease with which it can be concealed.
Pregnancy and motherhood are often presented as natural and unproblematic for women. The fact that there are some women who engage in violent behaviour towards their unborn child suggests that motherhood is not as unproblematic as we are led to believe. This paper presents six previously unpublished cases of foetal abuse that is physical assaults on the foetus by the mothers themselves, and examines how the prevailing myth of the good mother might be further endangering mothers and their unborn children.
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