Newborn kidnapping by cesarean section.
A study of 30 cases of violence from a total sample of 199 cases of infant abductions between the years 1983 and 2000 included a subsample of six (or 20%) where the kidnapping was by cesarean section. The six cases are classified by type of crime. Four cases were classified as personal cause homicide, subtype cesarean section homicide; one case classified as personal cause, subtype domestic homicide, and one case classified as a criminal enterprise homicide. The behavioral profiles of the abductors included a confidence style approach to the victim mother, deception, and planning of the cesarean section. The forensic psychodynamics suggest a dual motive to cement a failing partner relationship and to fulfill a childbearing and delivery fantasy. Cesarean section murder suggests a new category of personal cause homicide.
Burgess
Ann W
AW
Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
Baker
Timothy
T
Nahirny
Cathy
C
Rabun
John B
JB
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology*; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010551:Personality; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies