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Ten Years of Research!

Infanticide is one of the commonest, yet least understood of all human crimes.  Estimates of its frequency, based upon  historical studies and modern data, indicate that up to 10-15% of all children ever born have been killed by their parents: an astounding seven billion victims!  Yet, the mass media generally affords front-page headlines to news of parricidal homicides as most people find it difficult to accept that anyone, except the most severely mentally disturbed felon, would kill their own child.  Pictures of the accused parent are usually boldly displayed, so unusual and shocking are the details to the average reader.

In 1994, in order to educate the public on the need to understand the reasons why parents have so often resorted to murdering their offspring, Dr. Larry Milner founded the Society for the Prevention of Infanticide (SPI).  This not-for-profit organization is dedicated to informing the public about the historical and current customs of infanticide in order to promote prevention through research and scholarship. This book is one of the primary means to achieve that important goal.

A Brief History of Infanticide