Robin Karr-Morse

Cutting to the heart of the alarming trend of violence committed by children, this book gives startling evidence that violent behavior is fundamentally linked to abuse and neglect in the first two years of life. In absorbing and accessible prose, authors present case histories of "children who kill", focusing specifically on Jeffrey, a 19 year old who sits on death row for a murder committed at age 16, along with research that shows how infancy is the stage during which the foundations for trust, empathy, conscience, and lifelong learning are laid down, or the predisposition to violent behavior is "hardwired" into the brain. Selected Reading Questionnaire.… (meer)