Gwyneth Boswell is the author of Violent Children and Adolescents: Asking the Question Why?, published by Wiley.

• Acknowledgements ixList of Contributors xiPrologue xvGwyneth BoswellChapter 1 Children who kill: trends, reasons, and procedures 1Paul Cavadino and Rob AllenChapter 2 Adolescent violence: findings and implications from the Cambridge study 19David P. FarringtonChapter 3 Understanding and treating adolescent firesetters 36Kevin Epps and Clive R. HollinChapter 4 The antecendents of young male sex offenders 56Victoria Harris and Carl StauntonChapter 5 The link between childhood trauma and later violent offending: a case study 71Paul RennChapter 6 Self-directed violence in adolescence: a psychotherapeutic perspective 91Cairns CleryChapter 7 Violent adolescent females offenders 104Susan BaileyChapter 8 Violent young people detained in a maximum security psychiatric hospital 121Deborah Richards and Andrew SmithChapter 9 Aggressive and bullying behavior in children and adolescents 138Helen CowieChapter 10 The influence of film and video on young people and violence 151Kevin Browne and Amanda PennellChapter 11 Comparing studies of youth and violence: towards an integrated approach 169Stephen Parvez RashidChapter 12 Bulgar and beyond: asking the question ‘why’? 183David James SmithEpilogue 196Gwyneth BoswellReferences and citation index 199Subject Index 227