Bad parents? evaluating judgements of infant homicides.
| Autor: | Sparks B; Psychology, Kingston University, London, UK., Vione K; Psychology, University of Derby, Derby, UK., Fido D; Psychology, University of Derby, Derby, UK. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law [Psychiatr Psychol Law] 2023 Jul 05; Vol. 31 (4), pp. 725-747. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 05 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13218719.2023.2206876 |
| Abstrakt: | While the killing of one's own infant is an undoubtedly harrowing crime, there exists little research exploring attitudes toward these individuals. Such work has focused primarily on depictions of mothers, yet U.K. government data indicate that the majority of infant homicide cases involve paternal suspects. A sample of U.K. residents ( n = 245) participated in a mixed-methods design to explore attitudes toward mothers and fathers who have been accused of murdering their infant child and whether parental mental health issues impacted these judgements. Results aligned with the chivalry hypothesis wherein maternal suspects were evaluated more leniently. Qualitative analyses uncovered hidden gender expectations: mothers were ascribed blame when the father was accused of infant homicide, a finding that was not present in the reverse scenario. This suggests that traditional views of motherhood conflict with a shifting social landscape that is seeing an increase in stay-at-home fathers and working mothers. Competing Interests: Brandon Sparks has declared no conflicts of interest Katia Vione has declared no conflicts of interest Dean Fido has declared no conflicts of interest (© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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