Filicide cases have been around for an extensive amount of time. Although many parents love their child and would never hurt them, others might tremendously. Filicide cases have been rising due to mental illnesses and money loss, parents on the lower social classes is the majority of filicide cases due to frustration. The most common age group to be targeted is children under six. Although there might be different motives for parents that is causing these cases to rise, it still doesn’t explain why a human being would do such a horrific act. Parents have different motives on how they kill their child, but why do they kill themselves after? One of the explanations could be that they might think that the child can’t live without them, causing …show more content…
The five different reasons are altruism, acute psychosis, unwanted child, accidental, and spousal revenge. Psychiatrist Philip J. talks about the meanings of each reasons saying, “the parents are often mentally ill, they usually have higher levels of testosterone and the offspring that they kill may be considered unwanted”(Doug). Many cases that have been studied show evidence that parents mental illnesses has contributes to an important factor of filicide cases. Out of these top five cases, the most common is altruism, stating that, “The parent kills the child because he or she may perceive it to be in the child's best interest”(Doug). Psychiatrist have analyzed that altruism is one of the top cases of filicides due to parents believing that they're doing what's best for the child. The parents had an act of selfishness and although they believe that they're doing this for their child's own good, it's only a barrier to their mind knowing they're doing it for their own beneficial …show more content…
This would help save children from being murdered by their parents and create a safer environment for them. According to the article of NCBI, it states, “Acts of 1922 and 1938 in England laws recognized the effect that birthing and caring for an infant can have on a mother's mental health for up to 12 months after the event. These acts outlawed the death penalty as punishment for maternal infanticide, making the punishment similar to that of manslaughter. Several other Western countries have adopted similar laws, with the exception of the United States”(West). Many filicides is spread out through different countries making laws that are only available to only a few countries, making a limited impact. These laws have proven to make at least a ten percent effort in helping to keep children safe. Although this is a minor difference psychiatrist still help incredibly by talking and helping them and by knowing the causes and effects stating that, “In any case, increased understanding of psychopathology in understanding filicide can only help” (Dumalaon). With psychiatrist having this vast information it can help them determine the cases of different filicides and also help stop it before it's too late. Knowing what
It happens to children of all ages, communities, and socioeconomic levels at an alarmingly high rate. What is so astonishing is that this happens even at the hands of their parents. For the most part, these cases go unpunished for several reasons which could include lack of regulations to do so, corruption, or just unreported. For example, in David’s case, teachers, nurses, principal, neighbors, or even relatives could have been among the witnesses but they failed to report. Reasons were because they do not want any involvement, guilt of maybe reporting a relative, fear of retribution, afraid of starting trouble, or home privacy among others.
One case that was highly publicized and brought filicide to the forefront of America’s mind was Andrea Yates. Andrea murdered all five of her children by drowning them in the bathtub in her home. Prior to this incident, Andrea had been in and out of hospitals and mental institutes for depression and psychosis (West). Psychosis is defined as, “disruptions to a person’s thoughts and perceptions that make it difficult for them to recognize what is real and what isn’t. These disruptions are often experienced as seeing, hearing and believing things that aren’t real or having strange,
They believe that there is no solution and the only way to get rid of the pain they feel is to take their own lives. They can also feel embarrassed because their own parents or family members do not accept what they are going through. Letting them down can also cause them to commit suicide because they think that if their own family members do not understand, no one will.
Most often, the cause of people self harming is depression, PTSD, or others serious medical conditions. These people feel like they are going nowhere in life and that they cannot find any relief, so they cut them self. Cutting may seem pointless to some, but to these people who self harm, its not, its what keeps them alive. They are add...
As we recount this story, we may be wondering to ourselves, “What causes someone to become a child abuser?” It is not known as of today, and might not ever be known because child abuse happens to people across the board, and there is no clear p...
of factors include divorce, separation, physical abuse, sexual abuse and having a parent with "a
Filicide is the intended act of parents killing their children. The act is also regarded as an offence since it amounts to murder. It appears to very unnatural for a parent to end the life of his child. As much as this appears to be inhumane and unimaginable, there are some parents who kill their offspring. Many researchers and scholars have associated these tragedies as being caused by domestic violence among workers and as the extreme result of such domestic violence. According to Jill Proudfoot of the Auckland Safer Homes, the threats are a common happening in relationships and it is the use of such threats that keeps a woman in a given relationship . This means that not all the parents who do this act have mental problems.
child abuse. Many kids are affected by this because some kids end up dead or others grow up
Porter, Theresa and Gavin, Helen (2010) "Infanticide and Neonaticide: A Review of 40 years of research literature on incidence and causes". Trauma Violence Abuse 2010 pp. 99-112.
I always tend to wonder what actually drives such a young person to pull the ultimate trigger. Is life really that difficult that would cause a teen to end theirs? According to the textbook, suicide in adolescents appears between the ages of 10 and 14 and increases among older adol...
Suicide is a sad story many people are reluctant to approach. But when somebody nearest to them kills themselves, they feel the compelling guilt of trying to understand the motive behind the death. It is a complex and rather devastating subject. Many who kill themselves can never come back to tell us what happened and why it did. Suicide takes an emotional toll on it's survivors and wreck havoc in the wake of the surrounding victims. What causes suicide is a probing series of many theories, and yet not one definitive answer. The prevention of suicide is also difficult to pinpoint, but only because the intent is unknown. The importance of researching the motives of the suicidal is essential to modern humanity as a whole, because in the era we live in, suicide rates are climbing faster than ever. Understanding the driving force behind suicide is what can help the field of social science to save the conscience mind of many people from self-destruction - and save their lives, and the emotions of their loved ones.
Committing suicide probably sounds like a foreign idea to most people, but to the people who think about it, they deal with it every day. More importantly, the question is what leads people to kill themselves? In general, most people do not want to actually kill themselves, even though many people joke about it on a daily basis. Being a human, we all have a certain amount of will to live. Depression is the major cause for suicidal thoughts and ideas. After a long enough period of time, people become worn down and become less and less happy.
The National Library of Medicine’s website states that most people who commit suicide do so because they are “trying to get away from a life situation that seems impossible to deal with” (“Suicide”). This idea is prevalent in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The main characters, Romeo and Juliet, fall deeply in love at their first meeting. Unfortunately, it is not meant to be, due to the fact that they are from feuding families. They disregard the feud, however, and secretly marry just two days after meeting one another. After the wedding, Romeo runs into Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who hates him. They engage in a duel and Romeo kills Tybalt. He flees the scene of the crime. Later, he discovers from Friar Lawrence that rather than executing him for murder, the Prince of Verona has declared that he be banished forever. Instead of being relieved and grateful, Romeo laments his fate and claims that he would rather be dead than be separated from his dear Juliet. “There is no world without Verona walls but purgatory, torture, and hell itself” (3.3.17-18).
Depression is probably the most common reason why people take away their life. Feeling like they do not belong in this world anymore because of so much pain. Cheatle said, “Especially depression, are prevalent in people
...exam. They kill themselves because they’re scared of their family. Their parents force them to study hard. Both students and parents lack communication. Students become depression whose parents don’t understand them . Finally, this exam is totally wasted time of youth. For example, I have a friend who failed her entrance exam last year, and this year she will take the exam again but who knows if she will fail again then she wastes two years. Some people take exams 5 times, which means they waste 5 years.