Mothers who kill their children: understanding the acts of moms from Susan Smith to the "Prom Mom"

Introduction: A brief cross-cultural history of infanticide

Previous attempts to understand why mothers kill their children

Denial of pregnancy: Secret lives

Purposeful killing: Neither "Mad" nor "Bad"

Maternal neglect: A search for meaning

Abuse-related deaths

Assistance or coercion from a partner: Relations to domestic violence

Responding to mothers who kill: Toward a comprehensive rethinking of law, policy, and interventon strategies.