What is parricide? How common is it in Australia?

Parricide is the killing of a parent by their child. And it happens more frequently than we'd like to think. There is high public interest in parricide cases – not only do such incidents include homicide, but they are disturbing as they challenge assumptions about the family as a safe space, and upset conventional ideas about the sanctity and intimacy of the child-parent relationship.


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