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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Q&A: Why Kids Kill Parents

Q&A: Why Kids Kill Parents

Kathleen M. Heide, PhD, is professor of criminology at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She has published two widely acclaimed books on juvenile homicide, "Why Kids Kill Parents: Child Abuse and Adolescent Homicide" and "Young Killers: The Challenge of Juvenile Homicide," and a third, coauthored with Linda Merz-Perez, on "Animal Cruelty: Pathway to Violence Against People." She is a licensed mental health counselor and a courtappointed expert in matters relating to homicide, and children and families. She is a frequent consultant to the national print and electronic media and numerous international newspapers and magazines.

Note: I don't think I agree with everything said here, but it does have some interesting facts and stats. So I post.

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