A comprehensive typology for the biopsychosociocultural evaluation of child-killing behavior

J. Arturo Silva; Gregory B. Leong; Albana Dassori; Michelle M. Ferrari; Robert Weinstock; Joe Yamamoto

doi:10.1520/jfs14371j

A comprehensive typology for the biopsychosociocultural evaluation of child-killing behavior

J. Arturo Silva, Gregory B. Leong, Albana Dassori, Michelle M. Ferrari, Robert Weinstock, Joe Yamamoto

Psychiatry

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Abstract

The homicide of children by their parents has been reported across numerous cultural settings around the world and in many historical periods. A comprehensive and systematic understanding of parental child killing can be optimally obtained through a biopsychosociocultural approach. In this article we present the case of a woman who committed neonaticide. We illustrate the cultural formulation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) and recommend that this formulation has a central role in the evaluation of cultural factors of parents who kill their children.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1112-1118
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Forensic Sciences
Volume	43
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs14371j
State	Published - Nov 1998

Keywords

Biopsychosociocultural model
Cultural formulation
Filicide
Forensic psychiatry
Forensic science
Homicide
Infanticide
Neonaticide
Violence

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Genetics

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