The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case

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I also looked for a reference to a study mentioned in the conclusion relating to childhood crimes and media influence but unfortunately there was no mention of a reference. James Bulger suffered multiple fractures: Pathologist reveals two-year-old had 42 injuries including fractured skull". Thompson and Venables took James to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, where he was dropped on his head and suffered facial injuries. It left a sour taste to put such a questionable opinion on the why of the crimes, after being so unemotional for 99% of the book.

Venables, whose identity has been changed twice more since his initial release on account of it being compromised, is expected to have a parole hearing in October. They were found guilty on 24 November, making them the youngest convicted murderers in modern British history. I seem to have been a bit tepid in my rating of it, or maybe my memory has gone a bit rosy on me, but either way I kept thinking about that book while I was reading this one, and it compared favourably.In November 2010, a review of the National Probation Service handling of the case by David Omand found that probation officers could not have prevented Venables from downloading child sexual abuse material.

However, Bobby and Jon walked him around town, down by the river and they ended up on the railroad tracks behind the police station. Up to 500 protesters gathered at the Magistrates' Court in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton during the boys' initial court appearances.The James Bulger case is one of those that lives in infamy due to the horrific nature of the crime, made even more horrific by the fact that the perpetrators were 10 years old. Smith then describes the escalating violence against James and it’s at this point that the question of intention arises.

It is also one thing to know right from wrong and still another thing to be part of a pack mentality. Clearly recognising that there is a strong need to explain, not excuse or justify, but to figure why this dreadful crime took place, Smith has covered all bases.I just finished "The Road Out of Hell" about Stanford Clark and Gordon Stewart Northcott and it was also a horrific story, but managed to give the reader a thorough background and idea of what went on without all the ultra-detail. Thatcherism and Smith's list of similar crimes perpetrated in the Victorian era, which implies connections on the basis of how the working class is being treated).