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Children who murder : a psychological perspective

Author: Robert V Heckel; David M Shumaker
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Due to the extensive changes in family structure such as the increase of single parent families, a high divorce rate, and the decline of the extended family, support systems for young children are in decline. This decline disrupts the support systems' ability to shape children's prosocial values. Because of the fear of lawsuits and limited financial resources, community services and schools no longer provide the  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert V Heckel; David M Shumaker
ISBN: 0275966186 9780275966188 9780313361081 0313361088
OCLC Number: 44425390
Description: xxii, 177 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. The research --
1. Who are they? --
2. What are they like? --
3. Who will kill? --
4. By what means are they dealt? --
pt. 2. Developmental issues --
5. Moral development --
6. The changing family --
pt. 3. Assessment and interventions --
7. Assessment --
8. Treatment and rehabilitation --
9. Prevention.
Responsibility: Robert V. Heckel and David M. Shumaker ; foreword by Eugene Arthur Moore.

Abstract:

Due to the extensive changes in family structure such as the increase of single parent families, a high divorce rate, and the decline of the extended family, support systems for young children are in decline. This decline disrupts the support systems' ability to shape children's prosocial values. Because of the fear of lawsuits and limited financial resources, community services and schools no longer provide the framework needed to balance changes in the contemporary family structure. This book provides insight into voids that have created social skills affecting this young population using an integrative approach to examine the casual factors of violent behavior in preteens. It offers suggestions for alleviating some of the causative factors that have created this nationwide problem.

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