Dictionary definition: incest

Article: Lawful incest may be on its way
The Boston Globe;  May 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... four children together. Incest is a criminal offense in ... abolish the law that makes incest illegal. "We've done ... conventional argument that incest should be banned because the children of close relatives have a higher risk of genetic ...

Article: Silence of the lambs ; Incest and other forms of sexual ...
India Today;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... something that doesn't exist. Incest taboos exist everywhere ... treatment expand the concept of incest beyond the traditional definition ... sexual activity between close relatives. Professionals and support organisations of incest survivors share a broader ...

Article: Incest
International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis;      700+ words ...INCEST Characterization and definitions vary across cultures, but incest refers to sexual relations between close relatives. Prohibition may be according ... psychological conflict. Freud mentioned incest for the first time in his correspondence ...

Encyclopedia entry: incest
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      522 words ...incest sexual relations between persons ... group, hence the definition of incest also varies. Customs prescribing ... effects of the intermarriage of close relatives. Even modern prohibitions of incest are based only in part on the observed ...

Article: A Family's Tangled Ties; Utah prosecutors crack down on ...
Newsweek;  February 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ranging from child abuse to incest. Mary Ann's suit argues ... year-old Elizabeth Smart. Incest is a Kingston tradition. The ... Ron Barton. Intermarriage of close relatives dates to Paul's late father ... Jeremy (above), guilty of incest with Lu Ann two words(below ...

Article: 31pc rise in incest cases
New Straits Times;  January 30, 2005 ;     262 words ... ... Straits Times 01-30-2005 31pc rise in incest cases Byline: June Ramli Edition: New ... There was a 31 per cent increase in incest cases last year compared to 2003. Last ... raped by their fathers, stepfathers or close relatives. There were 254 cases reported in 2003 ...

Article: Protection programme for incest victims
The Malay Mail;  July 19, 2003 ;     276 words ...INCEST victims and their families will be more willing to come forward, if ... did not want to come forward because the culprits in most cases, were close relatives.. Citing an example of the witness protection programme by the United ...