Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275) and index.
pt. 1. Violence against children -- 1. Female sexual abuse of children -- 2. Munchausen's syndrome by proxy -- 3. Maternal physical abuse -- 4. Infanticide -- pt. 2. Violence against the self -- 5. Deliberate self-harm -- 6. Anorexia nervosa -- pt. 3. Violence against others -- 7. Battered women who kill.