Kids Who Kill

by Charles Patrick Ewing

Book Overview

- Brenda Spencer, 17 years old, opened fire on a crowded elementary schoolyard with a semi-automatic rifle because Mondays always get me down.- Timothy Dwaine Brown, 16 years old, beat his brother to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380715252
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Avon
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.6" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Great book

I have read this book several years ago. Doctor Ewing is one of the greatest writers on the subject of criminology.

Intresting read

My cousin frist recomended this book to me. The case studies intrested me greatly. The one disappointment with this book was that it mainly focused on child crimes in the U.S and not in other countries. A great book for anyone going into Crimnology.

Naughty Children

This is a great little chilling book you cannot put down that, I categorize under "escapism" reading. I got my hands on it years ago, and I read some of the reviews where some complained that it was outdated. Well, it has to be somewhat outdated, because it takes time to do research on all these cases. I particularly like the way Dr. Ewing breaks down the categories of the killings that these children/teenagers commit: Family Killings Theft-Related Killings Sexual Killings Crazy Killings Just read the table of contents. Outdated or not, I do not believe motive or actions change much throughout the years. It is angering that some killings are purely senseless and stupid acts. Others are a result of neglect and years of sexual abuse, or physical torture, however they still have to pay the price. I recommend this book to anyone that has a troubled teenager or knows of anyone that has one, or is simply just interested in the subject matter.

Great Book

Fascinating look at the psychology of children and teenagers who kill.

Basically, a good book

I liked the stories because they were short and to the point, though some a bit depressing. But that's to be expected reading a true crime book about juveniles. Some I would have liked to know more about the outcome of the cases, but it was still a good book. I would recommend it to anyone that reads true crime books.

Somewhat out of date, but well worth reading

Helen Smith's "The Scarred Heart: Understanding and Identifying Kids Who Kill" is much more up to date (it just came out), and offers a better framework for understanding. But there's something to be said for being first -- and given the price of this paperback, it's well worth buying.