Women Crime and Criminal Justice Class
Postpartum Depression Essay
For this week’s assignment, you will write
a 1-2 page essay about postpartum depression. Be sure to address all prompts
and cite your sources in APA format. This is worth 80 points, so be thorough
and give your best effort.
Define and discuss what postpartum
depression and postpartum psychosis are, and how they differ from one another.
Then, describe how these conditions can be used as a legal defense. If you were
the defending attorney of a woman who killed her own child(ren), would you
attempt to use either of these conditions as a defense? Why or why not?
This assignment should be 1-2 pages in
length. Your response must be thought provoking, have well developed ideas
and/or opinions, and should reference any supporting material from the text,
lecture or other sources you have used to complete the assignment.
