1st Edition

Parents Killing Children Crossing the Invisible Line

By Janice Sim Copyright 2019
332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

Parents Killing Children: Crossing the Invisible Line explores hidden forms of violence within the family. This socio-legal study addresses the interactions between the family and the state, focusing on six parent perpetrators and the ways in which child endangerment is concealed within society. Drawing on symbolic interactionism, mythology and a modelling of case study data, this book... Read more

1: Preface;  2: Introduction;  3: Chapter 1 - Introducing the Six Filicide Cases;  4: Chapter 2 - Symbolic Representation: Forms of Filicidal Violence;  5: Chapter 3 - Mythical Representations: From Myth to Law;  6: Chapter 4 - Modelling Representation;  7: Chapter 5 - Theorising Representation;  8: Chapter 6 - Masculine Representations: Loving Fathers? Failed Representations Leading to Risk;  9: Chapter 7 - Risky Representations;  10: Appendix A - Fieldwork Templates;  11: Bibliography;  12: Index

Biography



Janice Sim is a Lecturer at Griffith University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and a Griffith University Law Futures Centre Associate Member. She convenes Introduction to Maritime Law at the Griffith Law School. Janice completed her doctorate at the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney and was a post-doctorate Fellow. She has an eclectic range of research interests in, but not limited to, filicide, child protection, intervention, representation, vulnerable populations, piracy and maritime law and security.