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 intervention strategies.