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"[[Covert video recordings of life-threatening child abuse; lessons for child protection]]" is a study by [[David Southall|Southall]], Plunkett, Banks, Falkov, and Samuels, in which [[Surveillance#Surveillance_cameras|covert video recorders]] were used to monitor the hospital rooms of suspected MSbP victims..
The article provides a brief review of the research and criminal cases involving Münchausen Syndrome by Proxy in which psychopathic mothers and caregivers were the murderers. It also briefly describes the importance of gathering behavioral data, including observations of the parents who commit the criminal acts. The article references the 1997 work of [[David Southall|Southall]], Plunkett, Banks, Falkov, and Samuels, in which [[Surveillance#Surveillance_cameras|covert video recorders]] were used to monitor the hospital rooms of suspected MSbP victims. In 30 out of 39 cases, a parent was observed intentionally suffocating their child; in two they were seen attempting to poison a child; in another, the mother deliberately broke her 3-month-old daughter's arm. Upon further investigation, those 39 patients, ages 1 month to 3 years old, had 41 siblings; 12 of those had died suddenly and unexpectedly. The use of covert video, while apparently extremely effective, raises controversy in some [[jurisdiction]]s over [[privacy|privacy rights]].
==See also==
"[[The Last Frontier: Myths & the Female Psychopathic Killer]]" (2010) is an essay by Frank S. Perri and Terrance G. Lichtenwald
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"[[Covert video recordings of life-threatening child abuse; lessons for child protection]]" is a study by [[David Southall|Southall]], Plunkett, Banks, Falkov, and Samuels, in which [[Surveillance#Surveillance_cameras|covert video recorders]] were used to monitor the hospital rooms of suspected MSbP victims..
The article provides a brief review of the research and criminal cases involving Münchausen Syndrome by Proxy in which psychopathic mothers and caregivers were the murderers. It also briefly describes the importance of gathering behavioral data, including observations of the parents who commit the criminal acts. The article references the 1997 work of [[David Southall|Southall]], Plunkett, Banks, Falkov, and Samuels, in which [[Surveillance#Surveillance_cameras|covert video recorders]] were used to monitor the hospital rooms of suspected MSbP victims. In 30 out of 39 cases, a parent was observed intentionally suffocating their child; in two they were seen attempting to poison a child; in another, the mother deliberately broke her 3-month-old daughter's arm. Upon further investigation, those 39 patients, ages 1 month to 3 years old, had 41 siblings; 12 of those had died suddenly and unexpectedly. The use of covert video, while apparently extremely effective, raises controversy in some [[jurisdiction]]s over [[privacy|privacy rights]].
==See also==
"[[The Last Frontier: Myths & the Female Psychopathic Killer]]" (2010) is an essay by Frank S. Perri and Terrance G. Lichtenwald
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