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Summary: Really good!
Comment: This book is great,it does not only inform you but it also makes you think. I have thought of how
I've treated people and how hopefully I have not hurt anyone because I know that it might affect
someone in the long run. I just hope more people would read this book and learn how important it is
to not only hear about your childs day, but actually listen. Sometimes your own kid might have
problems at school but you're too busy to pay attention, and when the school calls you to tell you
your child has been "bad" you immediately start to think of punishments when you should start
thinking of why they were "bad" and if there is anything you can do to help them.

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Summary: Mixed Messages With Some Good Content
Comment: James Garbarino does an excellent job of understanding youth violence and putting it into its
historical and social contexts. However, he works so hard to understand the origins of youth
violence that he buys everything these sociopaths sell. He struggles to hold on to his objectivity
and not be won over to the dark side, but the book ends up being a criminal defense lawyer's
dream-come-true. Garbarino explains to the point of excusing the violence, then keeps backtracking
to find his own, and society's, values regarding violence. This book is informative and useful, but
have plenty of grains of salt on hand, and be careful and critical, while reading it. Despite all
my reservations, I do recommend this to professionals who can put it into proper perspective and be
(more) objective (than the author), or to anyone who is willing to read this book as part of a
package that, overall, will give the reader a more rounded view of the subject matter.

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Summary: solid research
Comment: The ability to get behind the eyes of troubled kids and see the world from their perspective is
invaluable for anyone struggling to understand why kids find themselves in such situations. Dr
Garbarino's book also validates the social programs created by schools to encourage the inclusion of
everyone. I am already seeing a resurgence of school based student assistance programs and support
group activities. Thanks for your meticulous effort. "Meticulous" is the right word, as these kids
are not easy to reach. They have been socially "walled out" for so long that they have learned not
to trust anyone. Anyone (parent, school staff or another student) who tries to connect will find
that their communication structure takes alot of "wait time" and patience - just to make sense of
what is being said. It is worth the wait.

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Summary: Pop psyche trash
Comment: Garbarino studies sociopathic boys,then purports to impose these "Lessons" on all of our sons. This
doesn't answer questions posed by Columbine, etc., it exploits them, cashes in on them, and adds to
the anti-boy, feminist hysteria that has come from them. Garbarino's not quite as bad as William
Pollock, but it's time to shut these gibberish peddlers down.

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Summary: An excellent book, though "The Scarred Heart" is better
Comment: This is an excellent book, though for my money Helen Smith's "The Scarred Heart: Understanding and
Identifying Kids who Kill" is better -- or at least, more likely to be of practical use to teachers,
parents, etc. in actually preventing violence. But, really, both books are excellent and anyone
seriously interested in the subject will read both.

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