<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present study is the first attempt to explore the rate, characteristics and legal reactions to neonaticide in Norway during the years
1990 – 2009. Potential incidents of neonaticide were identified through the national homicide index held by the National Criminal
Investigation Service and the national police registers for all recorded crime in Norway held by the National Police Computing and
Material Services. The study uncovers that no clear incident of neonaticide has been recorded in the respective registers during the
study’s time period. There was however recorded one case of a discarded stillborn and one case of an abandoned neonate that died
through exposure. The paper discusses whether the study’s findings are congruent with an evolutionary psychological understanding
of filicide and current knowledge of risk factors and rates for neonaticide.</p></abstract>

The present study is the first attempt to explore the rate, characteristics and legal reactions to neonaticide in Norway during the years
1990 – 2009. Potential incidents of neonaticide were identified through the national homicide index held by the National Criminal
Investigation Service and the national police registers for all recorded crime in Norway held by the National Police Computing and
Material Services. The study uncovers that no clear incident of neonaticide has been recorded in the respective registers during the
study’s time period. There was however recorded one case of a discarded stillborn and one case of an abandoned neonate that died
through exposure. The paper discusses whether the study’s findings are congruent with an evolutionary psychological understanding
of filicide and current knowledge of risk factors and rates for neonaticide.

A current absence of neonaticide in Norway

Centre for Evolutionary and Ecological Synthesis (CEES),
Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science

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The present study is the first attempt to explore the rate, characteristics and legal reactions to neonaticide in Norway during the years
1990 – 2009....

A current absence of neonaticide in Norway

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2012

Pages: 155 - 163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10278-012-0005-2

Mots clés
Evolutionary psychology, Filicide, Neonaticide

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A current absence of neonaticide in Norway

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2012

Pages: 155 - 163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10278-012-0005-2

Mots clésEvolutionary psychology, Filicide, Neonaticide

This content is open access.

Mots clés
Evolutionary psychology, Filicide, Neonaticide