More mothers kill their children
The main killers of children in Australia, according to the latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Criminology (2010-2012), are: Mothers (47%, n=20) Fathers
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The main killers of children in Australia, according to the latest statistics from the Australian Institute of Criminology (2010-2012), are: Mothers (47%, n=20) Fathers
Woman charged over Vic lake deaths A MOTHER has been charged with murdering three of her children after the Wyndham Vale lake tragedy.
For years, fathers’ groups have complained that restraining orders, intended as a shield against domestic violence, are often misused by unscrupulous pseudo-victims and over-zealous courts.[1]
A WOMAN has been charged with trying to kill two young boys in a house fire in southeast Queensland. The 58-year-old woman was charged on
Chilling New Zealand figures http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/227441/children-most-often-killed-mothers New Zealand mothers kill more children than any other group in society and men are victims of domestic violence as
PHOTO: Do we really want little boys left feeling bad about being male? (Elizabeth Jackson) Our public schools should not portray domestic violence as a battleground of
The majority of Australian children in state care are there because of violent family separations, Queensland’s child safety inquiry has heard. One in four children
Recently, we have seen the effects of many years lobbying by women’s groups and academics/researchers in the passage of the Family Law (Family Violence) Act 2010.
Maternal filicide, defined as child murder by mothers, is a problem that transcends national boundaries. Mothers who kill their children often use the defence of depression or insanity, but are all mothers who kill their children insane? The short answer is “No,” and some courts are beginning to recognise that fact as the following transcribed media accounts of recent criminal proceedings reveal:
“Donna Fitchett called the murder of her two boys her ‘greatest act of love’, but in sentencing late last year Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Curtain told her it was her ‘greatest act of betrayal’.
During the past month we have watched the Queensland minister for Families Youth and Community Care, Anna Bligh make political mileage out of the “boy
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