When Father Kills Mother: Guiding Children Through Trauma and Grief

By Dora Black and Jean Harris Hendriks

Children bereaved by the death of one parent at the hands of the other, almost always the father, in effect lose both parents. The children are then uprooted, losing their home and, quite often, their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415076633
• ISBN13: 9780415076630
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.8" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

A technical, but useful book for adults, adolescents, carers

One of very few books on this subject. It's written with a professional audience in mind and is therefore a useful guide for psychiatrists, carers or relatives of children affected. It contains summaries of data relating to uxoricide cases in the UK. Child victims of parental killing will find the book useful but will struggle to understand it until their early teens. The book contains a useful list of other references and addresses of organisations who can help survivors.