Infanticide and Filicide by Wong Gina;Parnham George;

Author:Wong, Gina;Parnham, George;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Subjects: MESH: Infanticide | Forensic Psychiatry—methods | Mother-Child Relations—psychology | Mental Disorders—psychology
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Published: 2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Research Process

Following university research ethics approval, key informants were asked to identify expert witnesses across Canada and the United States who met eligibility criteria. Depending on the number of maternal filicide cases with which participants had been involved, they were classified as either novice (one to three maternal filicide cases) or veteran (five or more cases) expert witnesses. This classification was distinctive in this research, given that expert witnesses with a variety of backgrounds engaged in the study. Some had been expert witnesses in hundreds of cases during their career but were classified as novices based on the number of maternal filicide cases in which they had participated. At the other end of the spectrum, some participants were classified as veteran expert witnesses given their involvement in a handful of maternal filicide cases although they generally did not work in the field of forensics or criminal justice. Participants were English speaking and primarily educated in Canada or the United States. Although perinatal expert witnesses from other countries expressed interest in participating, this initial phase of the study involved a local demographic. Expert witnesses without practice in maternal filicide cases were excluded from the study.

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