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CHILDREN WHO KILL

NCJ Number
32560
Author(s)
P WILSON
Date Published
1973
Length
191 pages
Annotation
STUDY OF OVER 50 CASE HISTORIES IN ENGLAND TO SHOW THE UNDERLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL CAUSES BEHIND CHILD VIOLENCE.
Abstract
EXPLAINED IS THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE ACCUSED CHILD MURDERER UNDER ENGLISH LAW AND THE CHANGING LEGAL AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS THESE CHILDREN OVER THE LAST TWO CENTURIES.