The Devil's Children: A History of Childhood and Murder

"A dramatic, passionate, essential read for every teacher, social worker, therapist, judge and editor of national newspapers."—Anglo American Book

This book offers a true-crime history of children who kill and how adults have tried to make sense of them. Focusing on the earliest recorded cases up to the present day, this fascinating investigation explores how these unusual crimes were as pivotal then as they are now in wider deliberations about childhood, morality, and the troubling boundaries between innocence and experience.

Loretta Loach has a PhD in history. She has written for the Guardian, The Observer, and New Statesman.