concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: infanticide

crimes against children
type: Concept
narrower: infanticide

crimes in America
type: Concept
narrower: infanticide

criminal abortion
type: Concept
broader: infanticide

death
type: Concept
narrower: infanticide

infanticide
type: Concept
broader: murder
broader: death
broader: crimes in America
broader: motherhood and family
broader: special populations
broader: crimes against children
broader: personal offenses
definition: Infanticide is the intentional killing of an infant by a member of its species and is widespread in human and nonhuman animals. As such, a key to understanding infanticide is the determination of what is an infant. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Deviance; Infanticide]
narrower: criminal abortion

motherhood and family
type: Concept
narrower: infanticide

murder
type: Concept
narrower: infanticide

personal offenses
type: Concept
narrower: infanticide

special populations
type: Concept
narrower: infanticide