SOC 2760 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Prenatal Care, Social Isolation, Filicide
24 Aug 2015
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This document includes notes on the following: unit 08 courselink. Woodworth, michael, ava d. agar, and richard b. a. Journal of the american academy of psychiatry and the law 35: 74-82. Canadian centre for justice statistics: homicide in canada, 2003: shaken baby syndrome", p. 8. Canadian centre for justice statistics: homicide in canada, 2005: homicide during pregnancy", p. Introduction: when children are killed or become killers, society reacts, when a child is killed we are upset because children are perceived as our most vulnerable group as well as our most valuable resource. Require society"s protection: when a child becomes a killer, society"s reaction is equally strong because children are perceived to be our future. Children who kill: children do not often kill o. These types of homicides are very rare: children younger than 12 cannot be held criminally responsible in canada, if we define children as older, say up to 17, the picture changes.
