Children Who Kill · Profiles of Pre-Teen and Teenage Killers

Children Who Kill · Profiles of Pre-Teen and Teenage Killers
Authors
Davis, Carol Anne
Publisher
Allison and Busby
Tags
psychology , reference
ISBN
9780749006938
Date
2003-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.43 MB
Lang
en
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Why would two young boys abduct, torture and kill a toddler? What makes a teenage girl plot with her classmates to kill her own father? Traditionally, society is used to regarding children as harmless -- but for some the age of innocence is short-lived, messy and ultimately murderous. Children Who Kill is a comprehensive new study of juvenile homicide. Carol Anne Davis sets out to explore this disturbing subject using in-depth case studies of thirteen killers aged between ten and seventeen. Exclusive interviews with experts offer an invaluable insight into the psychology behind these atrocities and a hard-hitting look at the role of society in an area too shocking to ignore