Ghosts from the nursery
Subtitle: tracing the roots of violence
By: Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith S. Wiley.
Contributors: Wiley, Meredith S.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: The Atlantic Monthly Press; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Violence in children -- United States; Problem children -- United States; Children with social disabilities -- United States; Infants -- United States -- Development; Child psychopathology -- United States; Juvenile delinquency -- United States; Violent crimes -- United States
Description: One in twenty children born today will spend some part of his or her adult life in jail. During the last thirty years, violent crimes committed by youth have risen by 371 percent. Cutting to the heart of this alarming trend, Ghosts from the Nursery gives startling new evidence that violent behavior is fundamentally linked to abuse and neglect in the first two years of life.

In absorbing and accessible prose, Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith S. Wiley present case histories of "children who kill," along with the latest in brain development research. Ghosts from the Nursery compellingly demonstrates the poisonous effect that neglect, abuse, trauma, injury, and toxicity have in the first thirty-three months of life - and makes a convincing case for a revolution in our beliefs about the care of babies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1. Ghosts from the nursery; title: 2. Grand central : early brain anatomy and violence; title: 3. Before we knew it : prenatal exposure to drugs and malnutrition; title: 4. Love's labor lost : adverse experiences in the womb and at birth; title: 5. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick : the disruptive behavior disorders; title: 6. Tea for two : the role of temperament; title: 7. Baby, get your gun : the impact of trauma and head injury; title: 8. The hand that rocks : the impact of early emotional deprivation; title: 9. Where's poppa?; title: 10. All the king's horses; title: 11. And still we wait; title: Appendix A. Factors in early childhood associated with violent behavior that can be reduced by prevention; title: Appendix B. Myths about the human brain; title: Appendix C. Behavioral effects following prenatal drug exposure; title: Appendix D. The primary prevention of violence : a continuum of programs; title: Appendix E. Resources.