This book is a masterpiece of investigative reporting and heart rending storytelling.

At a time when we are actually considering doing away with juvenile justice and sending children to adult court and making them vulnerable to capital punishment, every voting citizen in what is left of America must read this book.

Careers are made on the backs of children who are abused more thoroughly in institutions taxpayers support for their "care" than had ever been abused at home. Most of these children were homeless to begin with, neglected and abandoned. Juvenile justice is supposed to be a safe harbor in a storm while lives are sorted out and treatment applied, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Kenneth Wooden includes a chapter on Charles Manson which this book is best known for, but there is much, much more rich territory to explore in the pages of this masterpiece, including jobs, kickbacks, and million dollar contracts.

This book just recently was reprinted as a second edition. It was out of print for awhile. I have seen it referred to in so many other books that I've read that I can't tell you how valuable the research is between its pages.

Get your copy now while you can. It is one of the most important books you will read all year.

...geminiwalker

I am sorry that I am not using this space to review this book. I have read it and would recommend it to any parent with children. I would also tell anyone who has the opportunity to see Kenneth Wooden speak take the time and go. He is wonderful to listen to and has a lot of valuable information.

I am writting because I have a close friend who has two children that have been abused by their father. She can't find any reading material on this topic. If anyone knows of a good book please let me know so I can pass the information on to her.

Thank-you very much.

trgconstruction@voyager.net

The author does an excellent job in presenting the information needed to protect our children. We are presenting a child safety fair, and this book will be used as a door prize to those attending. Some of the information is frightening, to think that such monsters can exist in our society is unsettling. (Read the section concerning pedophile groups, you will understand!) It's time to make a stand against those that would corrupt our kids. This is a great place to start learning how. Read it & live it! Your kids just might be at stake! Thank you.

If you buy this book, you should know what you are getting. The examples are good, the problems are solid and challenging, and the building code (the UBC) is integrated seamlessly into the course of the text. For timber design, this book is essential.

This book was helpful once I went onto a design lab, but sometimes the examples were so involved that I got lost in all the numbers.

After studying the book for six months, I think the material in the book is very good. I am disappointed, and surprised, that the binding is coming apart.