Title The devil's children : a history of childhood and murder / Loretta Loach

Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Icon Books, [2009] ©2009

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MELB	364.1523083 Loa/Dca		AVAILABLE

Description x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Summary Offers a true crime history of children who kill and how adults have tried to make sense of them. Focusing on the earliest recorded cases, up to and including the tragic killing of James Bulger Bibliography Includes bibliographic references and index Subject Juvenile homicide -- Case studies. Juvenile homicide -- History. Juvenile homicide -- Social aspects. Murderers. Violence in children. Genre/Form Case studies. ISBN 1848310668 9781848310667 (paperback)

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