Reviews for Accounting

The average rating for Accounting based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-05-31 00:00:00 Maria Krauss-lacka True crime is pretty much the only nonfiction I read straight through. Since I was working with abused children at the time, I could understand these children who kill (usually their parents). The book talks about how these children are often put in jail for murder, because they often kill when the parent is asleep or otherwise premeditate the murder--but the author puts into perspective the life of the abused child who is not given many options for escape from the abuser--most people think the child can just run away and they don't have to murder the parent, but when you have been raised in an oppressive household and you don't have anyplace to run to (either no family that would understand, or a limited understanding of the social agencies out there to help), it may come down to that--especially if you have been raised in the extreme violence in these cases.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-23 00:00:00 Brett Auerbach This one was OK, but it didn't really send me. It seeks to absolve kids of any responsibility for their actions when they are very often old enough to know better and come up with a better solution than killing their parents. It also treats murder as the only option for abused children at some points in the book, and I have to disagree with that.