When Mothers Kill [electronic resource] : Interviews from Prison.
Winner of the 2008 Outstanding Book Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Michelle Oberman and Cheryl L. Meyer don't write for news magazines or prime-time investigative television shows, but the stories they tell hold the same fascination. When Mothers Kill is compelling. In a cle...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2008.
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| Summary: | Winner of the 2008 Outstanding Book Award by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Michelle Oberman and Cheryl L. Meyer don't write for news magazines or prime-time investigative television shows, but the stories they tell hold the same fascination. When Mothers Kill is compelling. In a clear, direct fashion the authors recount what they have learned from interviewing women imprisoned for killing their children. Readers will be shocked and outraged--as much by the violence the women have endured in their own lives as by the violence they engaged in--but they will also be informed and e. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (190 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780814762516 0814762514 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |