When Men Murder Children

This chapter draws on data from the Murder in Britain Study to examine male perpetrators and compare family to nonfamily perpetrators. These comparisons were examined in terms of the nature of relationships, the murder event and the life course of the perpetrators. The results suggest these perpetrators experienced adversity in childhood and problematic adult lives, but contextual factors such as the orientations of the men, the type of relationship with the child and the child’s mother were also significant.