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  1. filicide
    the murder of your own son or daughter
    How common is filicide, or killing one's child, among mothers?
  2. maltreatment
    cruel or inhumane treatment
    ANY instance of child maltreatment is serious."
  3. impend
    be imminent or about to happen
    "So often there is an impending death or divorce or breakup," Meyer says.
  4. anthropologist
    a social scientist specializing in the study of humanity
    But with this phenomenon, we struggle," says Jill Korbin, an anthropologist at Case Western Reserve University who has studied mothers who kill children.
  5. Department of Health and Human Services
    the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
    At the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System reported an estimated 1,740 child fatalities — meaning when a child dies from an injury caused by abuse or neglect — in 2008.
  6. abusive
    characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
    "We see cases where the mother thinks the child would be better off in heaven than on this miserable earth," for example with an abusive father, says Schwartz.
  7. intervene
    be placed or located between other things
    And some say our reluctance as a society to believe mothers would be capable of killing their offspring is hindering our ability to recognize warning signs, intervene and prevent more tragedies.
  8. fatality
    the quality of being able to cause death
    "We've learned how to reduce auto fatalities among kids, through seatbelt use.
  9. emeritus
    a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
    "These women almost always feel alone, with a total lack of emotional support," says Lita Linzer Schwartz, a professor emeritus of psychology and women's studies at Penn State, and co-author of "Endangered Children."
  10. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
    Oberman and Meyer came up with five categories: filicide related to an ignored pregnancy; abuse-related; neglect-related; assisted or coerced filicide (such as when a partner forces the killing); and purposeful filicide with the mother acting alone.
  11. reformatory
    tending to reform
    Meyer and co-author Michelle Oberman interviewed women at the Ohio Reformatory for Women.
  12. hindering
    preventing movement
    And some say our reluctance as a society to believe mothers would be capable of killing their offspring is hindering our ability to recognize warning signs, intervene and prevent more tragedies.
  13. intuitively
    in an intuitive manner
    Our shock at such stories is, of course, understandable: They seem to go against everything we intuitively feel about the mother-child bond.
  14. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
    To rational observers, there is nothing more perverse.
  15. smother
    deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
    Also, many cases doubtless go unreported or undetected, such as very young mothers who kill their newborns by smothering them or drowning them in a toilet after hiding the entire pregnancy.
  16. endanger
    pose a threat to
    "These women almost always feel alone, with a total lack of emotional support," says Lita Linzer Schwartz, a professor emeritus of psychology and women's studies at Penn State, and co-author of "Endangered Children."
  17. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
    But with this phenomenon, we struggle," says Jill Korbin, an anthropologist at Case Western Reserve University who has studied mothers who kill children.
  18. tormented
    experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
    "They get tormented in prison, when often what they need is psychological care."
  19. suicide
    the act of killing yourself
    This was one of those cases where the mother was committing suicide and decided to take the kids with her.
  20. insanity
    relatively permanent disorder of the mind
    After first being convicted of capital murder, she was found innocent by reason of insanity and remains in a mental institution.
  21. reluctance
    a certain degree of unwillingness
    And some say our reluctance as a society to believe mothers would be capable of killing their offspring is hindering our ability to recognize warning signs, intervene and prevent more tragedies.
  22. disposition
    your usual mood
    One problem is classification: The legal disposition of these cases varies enormously.
  23. innocent
    free from sin
    After first being convicted of capital murder, she was found innocent by reason of insanity and remains in a mental institution.
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