Parricide and Violence Against Parents throughout History - (De)Constructing Family and Authority? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book combines the approaches of history and criminology to study parricide and non-fatal violence against parents from across traditional period and geographical boundaries, encompassing research on Asia as well as Europe and North America. Parricide and non-fatal violence against parents are rare but significant forms of family violence. They have been perceived to be a recent phenomenon related to bad parenting and child abuse often in poorer socioeconomic circumstances - yet they have a history, which provides insights for modern-day explanation and intervention. Research on violence against parents has concentrated on child abuse and mental illness but, by using a rich array of primary and secondary documents, such as court cases, criminal statistics, newspaper reports, and legal and medical literature, this book shows that violence against parents is also shaped by conflicts related to parental authority, the rise of children's rights, conflicting economic and emotional expectations, and other sociohistorical factors.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence
Release date:	October 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Marianna Muravyeva • Raisa Maria Toivo
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	267
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-94996-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-349-94996-5
Barcode:	9781349949960

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