Cries Unheard by Gitta Sereny
The Story of Mary Bell
A careful, investigative account of the case of Mary Bell, an eleven-year-old in 1960s England who killed two young boys, reconstructed through extensive interviews, court records and psychological analysis; the narrative examines her abusive childhood, the social and institutional failures that shaped her life, and the moral and legal dilemmas surrounding guilt, responsibility and the possibility of rehabilitation for juvenile offenders.
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- 1972
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- British
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- English
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