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Infanticide

Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children,: 61 its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring. Unwanted infants were usually abandoned to die of…

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related to Further reading · 95
Infanticide → America, American, American Criminal Law Review, Antiquity, April, Archived, Avner, Backhouse, Bechtold, Belgium, Bernice, Brigitte, Britain, Cameron, Campbell, Canada, Child Mortality, Childhood Quarterly, China, Chinese
related to Psychiatric · 29
Infanticide → Although, American Journal, Asch, Christian, Christina Johansdotter, Cornell University Medical School, Denmark, Fifth Commandment, For, From Cradle, Grave, In, Innocents, It, Lutheran, Lutherans, MD, New York City, One, Postpartum
related to Australia · 26
Infanticide → Aboriginal, Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal Women, Australians, Author Susanna, Because Infanticide, Crimes Act, Daisy Bates, Estimations, European, For, Home Readers, In, In New South Wales, Keith Windschuttle, Liz Conor's, Louis Nowra, Many, NSW, Section
related to Economic · 22
Infanticide → Before, Elton, For, He, However, In, India, Lieut, Many, Marvin Harris, Melanesian, Paleolithic, Population, Research, Roman Empire, Solomon Islands, They, Tikopia, Ugi, Under
see also · 22
Infanticide → Abortion, Cruel Mother, Deliberate, Euripides, Euthanasia, Garner, Japanese, Jenůfa, Jonathan SwiftOverlaying, Leoš Janáček, List, Llorona, Medea, Mexican, Miyuki Ishikawa, Modest Proposal, Practice, Sudden, Termination, Traditional
related to Christianity · 20
Infanticide → Apostles, Athenagoras, Barnabas, Christianity, Constantine, Constantinople, Didache, Early Christian, In, Justin Martyr, Lactantius, Minucius Felix, Roman Empire, Tertullian, The Council, The Epistle, The Teachings, Third Council, Toledo, Valentinian
related to Africa · 18
Infanticide → African, Arebo, Disability Rights International, Igboland, In, Kalahari Desert, Kenya, Kenya's, Lake Victoria Nyanza, Nama, Nigeria, Portuguese East Africa, South West Africa, The, The Kikuyu, Things Fall Apart, Tswana, Twins
related to Great Britain · 17
Infanticide → Act, Ada Chard-Williams, Amelia Dyer, Angel Maker, Brixton Baby Farmer, By, Capital Punishment, Examples, Jessie King, Margaret Waters, Mary Ann Cotton, Newgate, Royal Commission, Several, The Poor Law Amendment, Unmarried, Victorian Britain
related to Psychiatric intervention · 14
Infanticide → Adjunctive, Andrea Yates, Antidepressants, Cases, Electroconvulsive, Following, Marcé Society, Postpartum Disorders, Postpartum Support International, Prevention, Screening, Treatment, United States, While
related to Ukraine and Russia · 14
Infanticide → American, Christianity, George Kennan, Great, Ibn Fadlan, Kiev Rus, Koryaks, One, Perun, Siberia, The, The Primary Chronicle, Ukraine, Vladimir

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Infanticideis aspecific offence under section 237 of the Criminal Code0.90text
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Athenagorasinstance ofEarly Christian writers0.80text
Minucius Felixinstance ofEarly Christian writers0.80text
Justin Martyrinstance ofEarly Christian writers0.80text
Lactantius also maintained that exposing a baby to death was a wicked actinstance ofEarly Christian writers0.80text
bride kidnappinginstance ofSkewed sex ratio with lack of available women to marry leads to violence0.80text
the Postpartum Support Internationalinstance ofrepresentatives from organizations0.80text
the Marcé Society for Treatmentinstance ofrepresentatives from organizations0.80text
Prevention of Postpartum Disorders began requesting clarification of diagnostic criteria for postpartum disordersinstance ofrepresentatives from organizations0.80text
improved guidelines for treatmentsinstance ofrepresentatives from organizations0.80text
chacma baboons.According to studies carried out by Kyoto University in primatesinstance ofincluding primates0.80text

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