Mothers Accused and Abused: Addressing Complex Psychological Needs

by Angela Foster (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2018

  $34.04

  Mothers Accused and Abused: Addressing Complex Psychological Needs brings together stories about women who are accused of harming, and in some cases killing, their children, children who subsequently harm or kill others and the challenges to professionals who work with them.

  Contributors consider the deeply rooted cycles of neglect and abuse manifested in the childhoods of mothers, who only come to our attention when their extreme distress is expressed through their actions. By recognising the long-standing, unmet dependency needs of abused and neglected women, the book argues that longer term engagement can prevent a seemingly endless repetition of court hearings and imprisonment, and thereby address cycles of neglect.

  With sections on mothers in prison and interventions following child care proceedings, Mothers Accused and Abused will be a valuable resource to those working in the criminal and civil justice systems as well as mental health professionals