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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This one is that I had to read the Evanovich book after. Jonathan Kellerman is a child clinical psychologist as well as best selling author and this is a description of how children are becoming twisted and nasty. Does not hold out hope for the future in how children are being raised with any hopes of improvement and I don't think any country could afford what he suggests to solve the problem. Although I don't know that countries CAN'T afford to at least consider some of the suggestions. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:This thought-provoking and timely book from a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and noted child psychologist reveals the factors that often lead to explosive and shocking juvenile violence. ??Ethically and morally, kids are works in progress. Throw in psychopathy and you??ve got a soul that will never be complete.? In this powerful, disturbing book, bestselling author and noted child psychologist Jonathan Kellerman shines a penetrating light on antisocial youth??kids who kill without remorse??asserting that ??psychopathic tendencies begin very early in life, as young as three, and they endure.? Criticizing our quick impulse to blame violent movies or a ??morally bankrupt? society, Kellerman convinces us that it is the kids themselves who need to be examined. Carefully. How do children become cold-blooded killers? Kellerman warns that today??s aggressive bully is tomorrow??s Mafia don, cult leader, or genocidal dictator. Violently psychopathic youths possess an overriding need for power, control, and stimulation, and all display a complete lack of regard for the humanity of others. He examines the origins of psychopathy and the ever-shifting debate between nurture and nature, offering some controversial solutions to dealing with homicidal tendencies in children. As timely as today??s headlines, more gripping than fiction, Savage Spawn is a provocative look at the links between society and biology, children and violence. Kellerman??s sobering message will remain with you long after the last page is turned. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Jo No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I was actually interested in his information until he destroyed his credibility in the last 30 minutes (audiobook). He spent 2-1/2 hours discussing potential explanations and possible marker traits for psychopathic killers - both adult and juvenile. He dismissed using blanket trait application because they are not significantly reliable. Then, in the last 20-25 minutes of the audio, he launches into a diatribe against guns and how they need to be restricted. Given Kellerman’s own dismissal of simple traits as identifiers and how many young people grow up with firearms in the household but are not psychopathic murderers, why do guns earn his special attention as the apparent exception to his statements that blanket diagnoses are not legitimate.
Kellerman doesn’t believe all of society should be punished with censorship because a few abnormal individuals react to violence in movies and on television. But 100% of gun enthusiasts should be punished because those few abnormal individuals used a specific tool to act on those impulses. Hypocrite much, Kellerman?
What about restricting use of drugs like Ritalin or Adderall or pain relievers because we are turning out generations of drug addicts?
Kellerman cites shorter times between sentencing and execution in Saudi Arabia as a significant deterrent to violent crime in that country. Instead of lifetime incarceration of the truly psychopathic killer, perhaps carrying out death sentences more quickly would be a better solution.
Because, sometimes, evil is just evil. And it should not be tolerated. ( )