Web resource:	http://www.dvrcv.org.au/publications/discussion-papers/just-say-goodbye/
Type:	Report
Title:	‘Just say goodbye’ : parents who kill their children in the context of separation’DVRCV Discussion Paper
Authors:	Kirkwood, Debbie
Keywords:	Homicide;Theories of violence;Parenting;Post-separation violence;Family law;Impact on children and young people
Year:	2012
Publisher:	Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Citation:	No. 8
Notes:	This paper presents a detailed examination of the context in which parents kill their children, particularly during parental separation and in relation to family violence. The author draws on Australian and international research and data, as well as case studies of paternal filicides (cases in which the father killed his child) from Victoria and other Australian states using media reports and trial records where available. The report covers gendered patterns in family homicide generally, gendered patterns in filicide (when a child is killed by their parent), father’s and mother’s motivations for killing their children in the context separation and the implications for addressing ‘retaliatory’ filicides.
Contents:	1. Introduction 2. Homicide in families: a gendered pattern 3. What we know about filicide 4. 'Suffer for the rest of your life': fathers who kill children in the context of separation 5. 'Better off dead': mothers who kill children in the context of separation 6. Conclusion: shining some light in the dark Data tables Referral information.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19179
Physical description:	103 p. ; 26 cm.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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