The Analysis of Filicide
The intentional killings of babies have been recently plastered on the news and other media sources. New York City has recently had several instances where newly born babies were thrown out of apartment building windows, instantly dying from the impact of reaching ground level. Early August, new born Rizwan Ahmad was found on the ground in a pool of blood (Baker & Rojas, 2015). Tenisha Fearon, a resident of the Bronx threw her 6-month old daughter from her 6th floor window early October (Palmer & Santora, 2015). However, the most troubling side of the story is that these two babies are believed to have been murdered by their mothers. Filicide is the intentional killing of a child by a parent. Filicide is a part of …show more content…
A social worker would come into place by having the parent who has committed the crime as their client, before the crime or after. The social worker would engage the client to solve any issues that could benefit the client or alleviate any stresses that make life extremely strenuous. In filicide murders “a father killing a son was the most likely (29.5 percent of cases), a mother killing a son (22.1 percent) follows. A mother was slightly more likely to kill a daughter (19.7 percent of cases) than a father was (18.1 percent)” (Brown University, 2014). After the crime of filicide has been committed a social worker would only be able to work with a client that has not been convicted due to mental insanity. A social worker would work with them in regards to their mental health through counseling and helping them adjust in society. Harvey Wallace and Cliff Roberson in Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives discuss the psychopathology theory that reveals “certain individuals suffer from mental illness, personality disorders, and other dysfunctions that cause them to engage in aggressive acts within the family. This mental disorder, or illness, causes the individuals to react violently within the family” (p. 11). A social worker would be able to relate the psychopathology theory to motivation of why a parent would commit …show more content…
If this were the case in a neighborhood where a social worker was present they could evaluate the resources within the community that fail to accommodate the needs of these parents. A social worker may ask that there be more qualified professional that assists those with depression, schizophrenia, mania, etc. Sara G. West researched and found out that “it was determined that mothers at highest risk of filicide were often socially isolated, indigent, full-time care providers who may have been victims of domestic violence themselves” (2007). Social workers on a mezzo level have to look at all the different factors that are in place to take appropriate measures to help come to a resolution for advancing this social
The intentional killings of babies have been recently plastered on the news and other media sources. New York City has recently had several instances where newly born babies were thrown out of apartment building windows, instantly dying from the impact of reaching ground level. Early August, new born Rizwan Ahmad was found on the ground in a pool of blood (Baker & Rojas, 2015). Tenisha Fearon, a resident of the Bronx threw her 6-month old daughter from her 6th floor window early October (Palmer & Santora, 2015). However, the most troubling side of the story is that these two babies are believed to have been murdered by their mothers. Filicide is the intentional killing of a child by a parent. Filicide is a part of …show more content…
A social worker would come into place by having the parent who has committed the crime as their client, before the crime or after. The social worker would engage the client to solve any issues that could benefit the client or alleviate any stresses that make life extremely strenuous. In filicide murders “a father killing a son was the most likely (29.5 percent of cases), a mother killing a son (22.1 percent) follows. A mother was slightly more likely to kill a daughter (19.7 percent of cases) than a father was (18.1 percent)” (Brown University, 2014). After the crime of filicide has been committed a social worker would only be able to work with a client that has not been convicted due to mental insanity. A social worker would work with them in regards to their mental health through counseling and helping them adjust in society. Harvey Wallace and Cliff Roberson in Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives discuss the psychopathology theory that reveals “certain individuals suffer from mental illness, personality disorders, and other dysfunctions that cause them to engage in aggressive acts within the family. This mental disorder, or illness, causes the individuals to react violently within the family” (p. 11). A social worker would be able to relate the psychopathology theory to motivation of why a parent would commit …show more content…
If this were the case in a neighborhood where a social worker was present they could evaluate the resources within the community that fail to accommodate the needs of these parents. A social worker may ask that there be more qualified professional that assists those with depression, schizophrenia, mania, etc. Sara G. West researched and found out that “it was determined that mothers at highest risk of filicide were often socially isolated, indigent, full-time care providers who may have been victims of domestic violence themselves” (2007). Social workers on a mezzo level have to look at all the different factors that are in place to take appropriate measures to help come to a resolution for advancing this social