The jury learns more about neonaticide than they ever wanted to know.

And he said many other Western countries treat neonaticide by the mother as a mental disease.

Do women who commit neonaticide feel badly about doing it?

You said that when pressed, women who commit neonaticide crumble.

Traditional neonaticide is often related to economic necessity - inability to provide for the infant.

But I think its important to remember that whatever decision is reached here is going to send a message to society about neonaticide.

But in certain cultures, such as the Far East, neonaticide is still acceptable.

There are two camps of psychiatric explanations for neonaticide.

How many women have you interviewed whove committed neonaticide?

Weapons are almost never used in neonaticide.

Women who commit neonaticide are completely detached from the pregnancy, Riordan explained.

This was a classic case of neonaticide.

There is a specific pattern to the events of neonaticide, and the defendant meets every criteria: She denied the pregnancy.

As a noun, the word "neonaticide" may also refer to anyone who practice or who have practiced this.

I believe that her pattern of behavior is consistent with what we know of the phenomenon of neonaticide.

Dr. Kaye is an authority on neonaticide, the slaying of a child, usually by the mother, less than 24 hours after birth.

Forty-five percent (45%) of all child murders occur in the first 24 hours of life, and thus can be classified as neonaticide.

Yet it would be only the latest example of neonaticide, or the killing of an infant within the first 24 hours of life.

Most women who commit neonaticide do.

As ancient and as much-debated as neonaticide itself is the question of how society should view it.

Parental infanticide is more commonly committed by fathers than mothers but vice versa for neonaticide.

Most discarded babies are the victims of neonaticide, meaning they are killed within 24 hours of their birth.

Pinker raises some interesting anthropological arguments about neonaticide.

Canadian filicide, neonaticide and infanticide studies are sparse.

And so, suddenly, we find ourselves discussing the legitimacy of infanticide - euphemistically couched as "neonaticide."