Kids Who Kill Their Parents

From the Publisher

"No one knows the field of parricide better than Dr. Heide or presents it in such a thoughtful, compelling and comprehensive manner. Combining a no-stone-unturned critical review of the research with a masterful presentation of many cases, including some of Heide's own, Understanding Parricide is clearly the definitive work on parricide." -- Charles Patrick Ewing, J.D., Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, University at Buffalo Law School, author of When Children Kill, Kids Who Kill, and Fatal Families

"Having established herself as one of the leading authorities on juvenile homicide, expectations are high for Kathleen Heide's latest volume-specifically, about kids who kill their parents. Clearly, she did not disappoint. Professor Heide has done a masterful job of assembling and interpreting a scattered literature on this troubling topic. I will keep this book close by on my shelf to serve as a solid resource, and I'm sure others who research homicide will do so as well."-- James Alan Fox, Ph.D., The Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University, author of The Will to Kill and Extreme Killing

"This fascinating work, weaving together a meticulous literature review, national statistics, and illuminating case reports, covers parricide from stem to stern. Dr. Heide's decades of experience with these offenders shines brightly throughout. In Understanding Parricide, she has unraveled the mystery of parricide as far as modern science will allow." -- Wade C. Myers, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Director of Forensic Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital

"The importance of Professor Heide's book is that it is based on her hands-on professional experience as well as her extensive knowledge of the literature. It will significantly contribute to a better understanding of the problem of parricide and it will be an invaluable asset to mental health professionals, lawyers, judges, and scholars working in this area." --George B. Palermo, M.D., M.Sc.Crim., Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Nevada School of Medicine and Medical College of Wisconsin, from the Foreword

"The case studies illustrate Dr. Heide's role as a superb clinician as well as a compassionate professional who continued to communicate with the defendants in prison and upon their release, so we could learn about their lives as adults." -- Judge Irene Sullivan, Florida circuit court judge (retired), author of Raised by the Courts, from the Afterword