9780520295681-0520295684-Miller's Children: Why Giving Teenage Killers a Second Chance Matters for All of Us

Miller's Children: Why Giving Teenage Killers a Second Chance Matters for All of Us

ISBN-13: 9780520295681
ISBN-10: 0520295684
Edition: First Edition
Author: James Garbarino
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback 216 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780520295681
ISBN-10: 0520295684
Edition: First Edition
Author: James Garbarino
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback 216 pages

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Miller's Children: Why Giving Teenage Killers a Second Chance Matters for All of Us (ISBN-13: 9780520295681 and ISBN-10: 0520295684), written by authors James Garbarino, was published by University of California Press in 2018. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Adolescent Psychology (Psychology & Counseling, Criminal Law, Adolescent Psychology, Psychology, Criminology, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Miller's Children: Why Giving Teenage Killers a Second Chance Matters for All of Us (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Adolescent Psychology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Miller’s Children is a passionate and comprehensive look at the human consequences of the US Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Miller v. Alabama, which outlaws mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers. The decision to apply the law retroactively to other cases has provided hope to those convicted of murders as teenagers and had been incarcerated with the expectation that they would never leave prison until their own death as incarcerated adults.

Psychological expert witness James Garbarino shares his fieldwork in more than forty resentencing cases of juveniles affected by the Miller decision. Providing a wide-ranging review of current research on human development in adolescence and early adulthood, he shows how studies reveal the adolescent mind’s keen ability for malleability, suggesting the true potential for rehabilitation.

Garbarino focuses on how and why some convicted teenage murderers have been able to accomplish dramatic rehabilitation and transformation, emphasizing the role of education, reflection, mentoring, and spiritual development. With a deft hand, he shows us the prisoners’ world that is filled, first and foremost, with stories of hope amid despair, and moral and psychological recovery in the face of developmental insult and damage.
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