case studies

A memoir chronicling the author's upbringing in a Philadelphia housing project in the 1960s, covering his father's erratic and emotional behavior and his own flight from the confines of his youth to follow his dreams and better his circumstances.

Recounts the experiences of Kristine Barnett and her autistic son, Jacob, in which, against the advice of developmental specialist, she pulled Jacob out of special ed and began to work with Jacob herself focusing on what he could do rather than what he couldn't, as they had done in special ed.

The story of cult murderer Jeffrey Don Lindgren, his family and followers, and the schismatic Mormon sect he followed.

Dr. Keith Ablow, a forensic psychiatrist, examines the psyche of Scott Peterson, explaining how a man with no known history of violent crime or mental illness could brutally murder his wife and unborn son.

Chronicles the rise and fall of New York's five most influential Mafia families, and explains why the current War on Terror may allow the Mafia to gain power once again.

Tells the story of a young woman known as Sharon and as Tonya, her real identity unknown, who was abducted as a young child by paroled convict Franklin Floyd and endured years of molestation first as his "daughter" and then as his "wife" before he killed her, and whose son suffered at his hands as well.

Relates how Debora Green, a physician and mother of three, was convicted of poisoning her husband, Michael Farrar, and setting the fire that killed two of their children in 1995.