Index
Martha Smithey
(Texas Tech University, USA)
The Cultural and Economic Context of Maternal Infanticide
ISBN: 978-1-78754-208-2, eISBN: 978-1-78743-327-4
Publication date: 6 December 2018
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Smithey, M. (2018), "Index", The Cultural and Economic Context of Maternal Infanticide, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 119-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-327-420181009
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INDEX
Abortion
, 29, 30
Affordable daycare
, 96
American culture
, 41
Asphyxia
, 8
Assault
, 89–90
fatal injury, mother
, 89–90
Autopsies
, 8, 9, 79
“Bad” mothering
, 33, 64, 99, 100
Cerebral hemorrhage
, 7
Child abuse
, 7, 24, 35, 36, 75, 83, 99
theories
, 10
Childcare, intensification of
, 16
Childcare subsidies
, 18
Child development techniques
, 100
Child homicide
, 12, 16, 17, 92
Child-rearing, stress of
, 4
Child-rearing experts
, 69
Child-rearing industry
, 14, 37, 40–43
Children, violence toward
, 4
Child support
, 18
Child violence, social
, 96
Cognitive ability
, 79
Colicky infants
, 59
Confused contradictory schemas
, 13
Cooperative community process
, 70
Core mother identity
, 52
Corporal punishment
, 93
Counter-productive parenting practices
, 34
Criminal homicide
, 57
Criminalization
, 99
Criminal justice system
, 37, 44, 47
Criminological theories
, 20
Crying acoustics
, 59
Crying baby
, 47, 52, 55–75
emotion work
, 70–75
inability to escape and
, 77–90
infant’s actions, interpreting
, 57–66
initial action
, 57–59
mother becomes forceful, restore order
, 62–65
mother identity, challenge to
, 67–70
mother’s interpretation, baby’s previous move
, 59–62
noncompliance
, 65–66
poor quality of life
, 77–81
power over baby
, 62
power over self
, 63
power to change
, 64
suffering mothers and
, 77–81
Cultural inequality
, 13, 77
mothering, devaluing of
, 38–40
mothering ideology and
, 37–53
women
, 36
Cultural inequity
, 89
Cultural schizophrenia
, 31
Cycle of violence
, 23, 24
Decision-making power
, 81
Demoralization
, 50–53
Desertion
, 19
Desperation
, 77
Dichotomies
, 10
Discourse
, 50
Divorce
, 22
Domestic labor
, 18
Dual-parent families
, 85
Ecology of crime
, 56
Economic deprivation
, 16
Economic equality
, 95
Economic hardship
, 4
Economic inequality
, 16
and insufficient resources
, 16–22
of women
, 16, 85
Economic resources
, 19, 41, 84
deprivation of
, 20
lack of
, 78
Economic success
, 18
Emotional entrapment
, 83
Emotional stress
, 19, 27, 28
Emotion work
, 79, 83
reflexive monitoring/reflective intelligence
, 70–75
Encephalitic infant
, 59
Exasperation
, 77
“Expert-driven” media
, 71
Extreme Emotional Disorder
, 50
Family support
, 96
social isolation and
, 32–36
Family violence
, 4, 10, 13
intimate partner abuse and
, 23–28
Fatal injury
, 55, 83
Fatalistic suicide
, 2
Fatigue
, 72, 81
Female infanticide
, 1
See also Infanticide
Female infants
, 1
Female offending
, 16
Filicide
, 10, 68
Free will
, 21
Gendered socialization
, 74
Gender inequality
, 16
Gendering of parenting
, 41
Gender socialization
, 37, 90
Gender-socialized identity
, 55
Good mothering
, 3, 4, 14, 36, 37, 42, 44, 47, 60, 62, 68
middle-class standard
, 43–44
requirements of
, 40
social construction of
, 4
Guttmacher Institute report
, 28
Homicide
adult vs. child
, 16
stages of
, 56
Homicide victims
, 12
autopsies
, 8
Hormonal imbalances
, 12
Identity norms
, 45
Ideology, enforcing
, 47–50
Impression management
, 71
Inability to escape
, 83–84
asking for help, humiliation
, 85–87
social isolation
, 84–85
Inconsolable baby
, 68
Infant homicides
, 5, 8, 9
Infanticidal mothers
, 15
Infanticide
cause of
, 8
maternal love
, 2–9
mental illness
, 9–12
overview of
, 1–14
perpetrators of
, 23
situated context of
, 55–75
victims’ ages, distribution
, 5
Institutionalized behavior, power
, 44–47
Instrumental violence
, 11, 81
Insufficient resources
, 16–22
Intense conflict
, 26
Intensive interview guide
, 101–108
Intensive mothering
, 40–42
middle-class ideology of
, 43
Interpersonal relationship
, 73
Intervention efforts
, 13
Intimate partner abuse
, 23–28
Intimate partnership
, 16
Intimate partner victimization
, 48
Intimate partner violence
, 4
See also Intimate partner abuse
Lethal violence
, 81
Likelihood of lethal injury
, 32
Male-perpetrated infanticide
, 6
Maternal attachment
, 39
Maternal infanticide
, 87
predispositional factors in
, 15–36
See also Infanticide; specific Infanticides
Maternal love
instinctual/cultural
, 2–4
trends
, 5–9
Maternal responsibility
, 47
Mental health care
, 98
Mental illness
, 1, 2, 9–12
Mental institution
, 50
Method of caregiving
, 52
Mommy-tracking
, 18, 38
Mother-bashing
, 93, 94
Mother-blaming
, 11
Mother–child interactions
, 16
Motherhood
, 11, 17, 31, 42, 43, 47, 94
cultural contradictions of
, 80
ideology of
, 48
Mother identity
, 66
challenge to
, 67–70
institutionalized behavior, power of
, 44–47
Mother–infant interactions
, 64
Mother–infant transaction
, 56
Mothering
cultural expectations of
, 38
inequalities of
, 4
stock of knowledge
, 41
strain of
, 46
Mothering ideology
, 14, 42, 55, 62, 74, 80
cultural inequality and
, 37–53
Mother-perpetrated infanticide
, 2
Mothers
assault by
, 89–90
force to gain compliance
, 87–89
identity
, 57
inability to escape
, 83–84
social isolation
, 84–85
substance use and abuse
, 82–83
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
, 25
National Crime Victims Survey
, 25
Nonlethal child abuse
, 7
Nonlethal violence
, 4
One-child policy
, 1
Paid labor force
, 38
Paid labor market
, 18, 19
Parenting, anomic state of
, 51
Parenting patterns
, 45
Pay gap
, 17
Pew Research Center (2016)
, 17
Physical violence
, 24, 26
Physiological vulnerability, infant
, 66
Planned pregnancy
, 32, 35
Poor or absent mothering
, 37, 63
criminalization of
, 47–50
Poor parenting
, 98
Postnatal onset
, 80
Post-partum depression
, 12
Post-partum environments
, 53
Post-partum hormone fluctuations
, 2
Poverty
, 4, 16, 19, 22, 34, 45, 80, 95
Powerlessness
, 14, 34, 47, 65, 81
Practical consciousness
, 41
Predispositional factors
, 15–36, 73
Preparedness, lack of
, 31
Primary prevention
ability to escape
, 95–97
families and resources, expectations meet
, 95
family planning, support for
, 92
hitting children, social nonacceptance of
, 92–93
mothering expectations, change
, 93–94
reality of child rearing, teaching
, 92
restructure secondary prevention
, 98–100
social change and
, 91–100
social support to families
, 98–100
stop romanticizing
, 92
Primary socialization
, 40
Psychosis
, 12
Psychosocial stress
, 33
Rage
, 90
Reaffirming face
, 88
Reality of mothering
, 41
Reality of parenting
, 28–32
Reflective intelligence
, 70–75
Reflexive monitoring
, 70–75
Role identity model
, 45
Secondary socialization
, 40, 51
Self-feeding situation
, 69
Self-feelings
, 61
Self-fulfilling prophecy
, 49
Self-image
, 40
Self-psychology perspective
, 63
Self-referent behavior
, 61
Social change
, 91–100
Social constructionism
, 55
Social forces
, 1, 4
Social identity
, 46
Social institutions
, 46, 47, 64, 96
Social isolation
, 32–36, 84–85
Socialization
, 36, 44, 45, 73
Social learning
, 16
Social self
, 46
Social services
, 44
Social service support groups
, 96
Social services workers
, 75
Social space, for marriage
, 39
Social support
, 88
Social support networks
, 84
Social workers
, 49
Societal coercion
, 36
Societal expectations
, 37
Spanking
, 93
State regulation
, 50
Status-degradation ceremonies
, 49
Stay-at-home mothers
, 22
Stereotypes
, 18
Stock of knowledge
, 71
guardians of
, 40–43
Stress, power of
, 42
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
, 8, 9
Suffering mothers
, 77–81
Suicide
, 4
Symbolic interactionism
, 55
Tipping point, emotion
, 58
Traditional psychotherapy
, 11
Unemployment
, 11
Unpaid labor
, 18
Unsupportive fathers
, 28
Unwanted childbearing
, 29
Unwanted pregnancy
, 28–32
Violence
, 21, 36, 39
parental modeling
, 24
social learning model of
, 23
victimization
, 16, 26
Wanted baby
, 32
Women. See also Mothers
cultural inequality
, 36
economic inequality of
, 16, 85
job security for
, 38
Working mothers
, 18
- Prelims
- Chapter 1 An Introduction and Overview of Infanticide
- Chapter 2 Predispositional Factors in Maternal Infanticide
- Chapter 3 Cultural Inequality and the Mothering Ideology
- Chapter 4 A Crying Baby: The Situated Context of Infanticide
- Chapter 5 A Crying Baby and the Inability to Escape
- Chapter 6 Primary Prevention and Social Change
- Appendix A
- References
- Index