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Neonaticide: an appropriate application for therapeutic jurisprudence?
Author(s) -
Schwartz Lita Linzer,
Isser Natalie K.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.466
Subject(s) - therapeutic jurisprudence , jurisprudence , perspective (graphical) , criminology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , psychology , mental health , medicine , psychiatry , law , medical emergency , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence
Might therapeutic jurisprudence, a perspective that attempts to study interaction between the legal and mental health disciplines, be brought to bear effectively with respect to neonaticide, the murder of a newborn infant in the first 24 hours of its life? This is a crime that leads to sentencing that is now rarely therapeutic, rehabilitative, or corrective. An examination of the crime, its motives, and its perpetrators precedes a discussion of ways in which the mental health viewpoint in this matter might be brought to the active attention of the courts in order to promote sentencing that is appropriate to both the crime and the transgressor. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.