How Children Become Violent: Keeping Your Kids Out Of Gangs, Terrorist Organizations, And Cults
by Kathryn Seifert Phd /
2006 / English / PDF
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Violence is an age-old phenomenon. War, genocide, and death are
cornerstones that define history. Yet in the 21st century, we are
experiencing violence in ways never seen before. It may be in
worldwide terrorist organizations, inner city and suburban gangs,
or the disturbed teenager next door who takes his rage out on
innocent classmates. Those who commit violence today, as Kathryn
Seifert, Ph.D. explains in this book, are likely to be adults or
adolescents who themselves witnessed violence as children or were
abused or neglected in their early years. Childhood is a time
when bonding with caregivers stimulates the formulation of
behavioral regulation, interpersonal skills, moral development,
brain development, and problem solving, and when it is
interrupted Disrupted Attachments Patterns (DAP) can form. This
means that today's violent, neglected, psychologically
unbalanced, and traumatized children are likely to be tomorrow's
dangers to society-that is, unless we can intervene to assess DAP
and offer them appropriate therapy. Dr. Seifert offers personal
insights from her over 30 years of experience in mental health,
addictions, and criminal justice work to help other therapists,
victims, and parents understand not only how children become
violent, but illuminate the pathway to a violence-free future.
Violence is an age-old phenomenon. War, genocide, and death are
cornerstones that define history. Yet in the 21st century, we are
experiencing violence in ways never seen before. It may be in
worldwide terrorist organizations, inner city and suburban gangs,
or the disturbed teenager next door who takes his rage out on
innocent classmates. Those who commit violence today, as Kathryn
Seifert, Ph.D. explains in this book, are likely to be adults or
adolescents who themselves witnessed violence as children or were
abused or neglected in their early years. Childhood is a time
when bonding with caregivers stimulates the formulation of
behavioral regulation, interpersonal skills, moral development,
brain development, and problem solving, and when it is
interrupted Disrupted Attachments Patterns (DAP) can form. This
means that today's violent, neglected, psychologically
unbalanced, and traumatized children are likely to be tomorrow's
dangers to society-that is, unless we can intervene to assess DAP
and offer them appropriate therapy. Dr. Seifert offers personal
insights from her over 30 years of experience in mental health,
addictions, and criminal justice work to help other therapists,
victims, and parents understand not only how children become
violent, but illuminate the pathway to a violence-free future.