When Kids Kill - Shocking Crimes of Lost Innocence (Paperback)


Kids are growing up faster than ever. They know about sex, they are experimenting with drugs and, increasingly, they are finding themselves in court. There are also those who commit the worst possible crimes: those who end another person's life before their own has properly begun. Cases of child homicide are rare but, as we all know, they are especially horrific and tap directly into adult fears about the end of innocence and the potential harm of violent TV programmes, films and computer games.
In this topical yet sensitive investigation Jonathan Paul goes behind the sensational headlines that dominated crimes such as the Bulger killing to argue that children are not 'born killers', but that evil is learned, not innate.
The author asks why such unthinkable crimes happen and examines child homicide both in today's violent, confusing world and against the cruel, unforgiving retribution of yesterday. This is what happens when childhood is trodden underfoot: this is when - and why - kids kill.

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Kids are growing up faster than ever. They know about sex, they are experimenting with drugs and, increasingly, they are finding themselves in court. There are also those who commit the worst possible crimes: those who end another person's life before their own has properly begun. Cases of child homicide are rare but, as we all know, they are especially horrific and tap directly into adult fears about the end of innocence and the potential harm of violent TV programmes, films and computer games.
In this topical yet sensitive investigation Jonathan Paul goes behind the sensational headlines that dominated crimes such as the Bulger killing to argue that children are not 'born killers', but that evil is learned, not innate.
The author asks why such unthinkable crimes happen and examines child homicide both in today's violent, confusing world and against the cruel, unforgiving retribution of yesterday. This is what happens when childhood is trodden underfoot: this is when - and why - kids kill.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

True Crime

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

April 2003

Availability

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

First published

April 2003

Authors

Dimensions

178 x 109 x 10mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Mass Market

Pages

258

ISBN-13

978-0-7535-0758-2

Barcode

9780753507582

Categories

LSN

0-7535-0758-7



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