There are many different reasons why men and women commit these acts, but the small number of cases makes it difficult to track.
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Research suggests there are some differences between what drives women and men to commit filicide. This will help us make sense of such unfathomable crimes.
Research shows familicides are almost exclusively committed by men and key risk factors include a desire for control, particularly in areas associated with masculinity.
At least one child is killed by a parent in Australia every fortnight. The latest report from the Australian Institute of Criminology shows the nature of filicide in Australia.
Parents killing their children is uncommon, but there are some risk factors around the crime such as mental illness, previous abuse and domestic violence.
Responses to high-risk pregnancy and high-risk infants across Australia are haphazard, and legislation alone will not correct the problem.
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Senior Lecturer in Social Justice and Sociology, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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PhD candidate, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia
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Director, Arney Chong Consulting and Positive Futures Research, University of South Australia
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Lecturer, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester
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Research Fellow, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology
