Reviews
"This book should become the definitive text on the subject." - STARRED REVIEW—Library Journal
"Garbarino's knowledge, compassion, insight, and unmatched experience provide us with an amazing opportunity to learn the path that lead children to violence. . . . Please – buy this book for yourself and for every single person you know. I did."—Josh Eudowe eA Risk Management Group
"Garbarino is a master storyteller and a graceful, elegant writer who brings the complex science to life in dramatically rendered personal histories. It is a narrative style that makes for clear science and riveting reading. Be prepared to change your mind. I did."—Dan Clayton St. Lawrence University Alumni Magazine
"Jim is a master storyteller and a graceful, elegant writer who brings complex science to life in dramatically rendered personal histories. It is a narrative style that makes for clear science and riveting reading. Be prepared to change your mind. I did."—Daniel Clayton St. Lawrence University Alumni Magazine
“An invaluable resource for how to transform and rehabilitate killers and how to prevent others from emulating their behaviors.”—Kathleen M. Heide, PhD, Professor of Criminology, University of South Florida, author of
Understanding Parricide: When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents
“Fascinating and riveting . . . a masterful integration of research and appreciation of the influences that facilitate the homicidal mind.”—David A. Crenshaw, Clinical Director of the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie
“An eloquent and compelling argument for how to view and understand young killers, drawing upon dozens of case studies from [Garbarino’s] practice as well as cutting-edge research. His command of the relevant data from all of these fields is extraordinary, if not unparalleled.”—Charles Patrick Ewing, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Past President, American Board of Forensic Psychology
“As one of developmental psychology’s most insightful thinkers and most articulate voices, Dr. Garbarino tells stories that are guaranteed to provoke readers’ searching thought about their own nature and our society’s collective responsibilities.”—Gary Melton, Associate Director for Community Development and Social Policy, Kempe Center for Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
“As violence escalates in our society, we often question why: What drives people to commit murder? Listening to Killers speaks of the tragedies and trauma we so often see in the lives of those facing capital charges, the significance of these traumas in the development of moral and emotional decision-making, and the identification of at-risk juveniles and effective protective factors. A compelling read—I could not put this book down.”—Louise Luck, Director of Court Consultation Services
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