Reviews for Children and Criminality: The Child as Victim and Perpetrator, Vol. 13

The average rating for Children and Criminality: The Child as Victim and Perpetrator, Vol. 13 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-18 00:00:00 Bret Ulb In this essay/book Millett provides a poignant look at the horrors of state sanctioned torture, and it's effects on the body, the mind, and the political atmosphere of a nation. In blasting polemical form she provides a view into the clandestine prisons cells that function across the globe. From Nazi Germany to Ireland and Algeria, and Latin America too we see how the techniques of torture are used with a glaringly consistent aim. I felt the book had its shortcomings in regards to the background political analysis in some chapters, comparisons between Nazi Germany and the USSR were used frequently and the reader is almost urged to see an equivalence between the two. An uncomfortable, and I believe misplaced, comparison. However, in later chapters the analysis of sexuality and torture, and the analytical frameworks of race, gender, and sexuality are used very effectively. And the book even provides some insight into the consequences of American imperialism in Latin America, and the true horror of fascist dictatorships in the region. Overall a very solid book that brings to light many perspectives on a subject that is always overlooked. 8/10

Review # 2 was written on 2014-09-01 00:00:00 Steve Govora A fantastically courageous book, which searches for the roots of cruelty meted out to political prisoners in many countries around the world. Her conclusions are not comfortable ones.