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"Miller's Children is a comprehensive look at the consequences of the US Supreme Court's decision in the case of Miller v. Alabama, which outlawed mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers. This book describes the author's fieldwork as a psychological expert witness in more than forty resentencing cases of juveniles affected by the Miller decision (and follow-up rulings), providing a wide-ranging review of research on human development in adolescence and early adulthood. It focuses on how and why convicted teenage murderers have been able to accomplish dramatic rehabilitation and transformation, emphasizing the role of spiritual development, education, reflection, and mentoring in that process."--Provided by publisher

"Miller's Children is a comprehensive look at the consequences of the US Supreme Court's decision in the case of Miller v. Alabama, which outlawed mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers. This book describes the author's fieldwork as a psychological expert witness in more than forty resentencing cases of juveniles affected by the Miller decision (and follow-up rulings), providing a wide-ranging review of research on human development in adolescence and early adulthood. It focuses on how and why convicted teenage murderers have been able to accomplish dramatic rehabilitation and transformation, emphasizing the role of spiritual development, education, reflection, and mentoring in that process."--Provided by publisher.

Listening to Killers offers an inside look at twenty years' worth of murder files from Dr. James Garbarino, a leading expert psychological witness who listens to killers so that he can testify in court. The author offers detailed accounts of how killers travel a path that leads from childhood innocence to lethal violence in adolescence or adulthood. He places the emotional and moral damage of each individual killer within a larger scientific framework of social, psychological, anthropological, and biological research on human development. By linking individual cases to broad social and cultural issues and illustrating the social toxicity and unresolved trauma that drive some people to kill, Dr. Garbarino highlights the humanity we share with killers and the role of understanding and empathy in breaking the cycle of violence

"Listening to Killers offers an inside look at twenty years' worth of murder files from Dr. James Garbarino, a leading expert psychological witness who listens to killers so that he can testify in court. The author offers detailed accounts of how killers travel a path that leads from childhood innocence to lethal violence in adolescence or adulthood. He places the emotional and moral damage of each individual killer within a larger scientific framework of social, psychological, anthropological, and biological research on human development. By linking individual cases to broad social and cultural issues and illustrating the social toxicity and unresolved trauma that drive some people to kill, Dr. Garbarino highlights the humanity we share with killers and the role of understanding and empathy in breaking the cycle of violence"--Provided by publisher

Cover Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 An Introduction -- Beginning at the End, or Ending at the Beginning? -- An Overview of Themes -- An Overview of Topics -- Conclusion -- 2 The Ecology of Human Development -- Human Beings as Social Animals -- Experiments by Nature and Design -- The Interaction between Person and Environment -- The Great Depression as a Source of Risk -- A Model of Developmental Risk -- A Systems Approach to Sociocultural Risk -- An Ecological Map -- Research Capsule -- Practice Capsule -- For Further Reading -- Questions For Thought -- 3 Sociocultural Risk and Opportunity -- The Meaning of Risk: Case Studies -- Risk and Opportunity in the Microsystem -- Risk and Opportunity in the Mesosystem -- Risk and Opportunity in the Exosystem -- Risk and Opportunity in the Macrosystem -- Reducing Sociocultural Risk: Support Systems -- Research Capsule -- Practice Capsule -- For Further Reading -- Questions For Thought -- 4 The Family as a Social System -- What Is a Family? -- Families as Systems -- Individual Families -- How Do Families Work? -- Building Strong Families -- Whither The Family? -- Families and Social Change -- Research Capsule -- Practice Capsule -- For Further Reading -- Questions For Thought -- 5 The Developing Child in a Changing Environment -- What Is a Child? -- What Is Development? -- The Genetic Code: A Developmental Blueprint -- Environmental Influences on Development -- Development in Historical Context -- Children's Contributions to Their Own Development -- Compounded Developmental Risk -- Research Capsule -- Practice Capsule -- For Further Reading -- Questions For Thought -- 6 The Ecology of Childbearing and Child Rearing -- Childbearing: Birth of the Parent-Child Relationship -- Becoming a Parent -- Research Capsule -- Practice Capsule -- For Further Reading