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020			_a9780798 149013 _qPaperback
040			_aRDA _bENGLISH _c3228
082		0	_a364.15230835 KARS
100			_a KARSTEN, Chris Cape Town, 2007 _933723
111			_9178758 _aBible Society of South Africa
245		0	_aBad kids : _bSouth African youngsters who rob and kill. _c Chris Karsten ; [English translation by Herman Fourie].
260			_aCape Town : _bHuman & Rousseau, _c2007.
300			_a 143 pages _bColour illustrations, portraits _c22 cm.
490			_a True crime True crime (Cape Town, South Africa) _v9780798 149013
504			_aNot Included
520			_aBad Kids tells ten true stories of youngsters involved in serious crime, often the worst possible crime: ending other people's lives before their own have properly begun. There are tales of unspeakable malice: boys and girls who lie and steal to gain favours; students from privileged backgrounds who brutally kill a homeless man; sixteen-year-olds who murder their parents and siblings. Sometimes heroism and hope flow from tragedy: Angeline Taljaard bravely sings in a musical the day after members of her immediate family have been murdered and maimed by two fifteen-year-old boys; and many people on both sides of the Atlantic still benefit from Amy Biehl s legacy after she was stoned to death by teenagers coming from a political rally. Chris Karsten follows the often bizarre twists and turns in the story behind the headline crime, masterfully recreating the suspense and action. He gets right inside the minds of the main characters and puts a human face to these perplexing crimes. As a journalist he was directly involved with many of the events recounted in this collection. Like a series of still photographs, they place you in the centre of the dramatic events of which the outcomes were still unclear at the time. To flesh out these often-sketchy facts, he held lengthy discussions with people who were intimately involved with the cases: survivors, next of kin, detectives, forensic specialists and psychologists.
521			_aAdult
600		0	_933723 _a KARSTEN, Chris Cape Town, 2007 _d2007.
630		0	_9130721 _aHidden voices series
648		0	_9185762 _aKabbala
650		0	_9185095 _aActions and defenses _zSouth Africa
651		0	_9191368 _aSouth Africa
655		0	_9181966 _aAdult Non-Fiction
658			_9193469 _aAction research
662			_9185100 _aCape town
690			_9184040 _aadolescence
700			_933723 _a KARSTEN, Chris Cape Town, 2007 _d2007.
711			_9178758 _aBible Society of South Africa
942			_cBOOK _2ddc _y559 _zNosiswe Mogale
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