Neonatal Homicide

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This paper reports that homicide is the fifteenth leading cause of death during the first year of life in the United States. Neonates and infants are the most vulnerable of all crime victims in the United States and worldwide. The author reviews many contributing maternal factors to neonatal death such as age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, marital status, drug use by the mother during pregnancy and birth weight of the neonate. The paper concludes that information, education and better prenatal and maternal care can help prevent these crimes.

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"Types of crimes vary in neonate abuse. The Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found during the period 2001 through 2003, 1,404 simple assaults committed against infants were reported by law enforcement agencies. Second was aggravated assault, with 1,023 being committed against infants. The typical infant abuser is a white male in his mid- to late twenties. The offender is more likely to be female; however, if more than one infant victim is involved."

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