Muriel Gardiner is well-known in the world of psychoanalysis, not only as a clinician, but also for her indefatigable support as a therapist and friend to the Wolf-Man. Through her invaluable stimulation he was able to write his memoirs1 some thirty years after his analysis with Freud. Now Dr. Gardiner has written a book about "children who kill": ten case histories of young criminals that the author gathered in her years of working in schools, mental institutions, and houses of correction and detention.

A brief review can only suggest the spirit of these tragic stories, which are written with Dr. Gardiner's characteristic warmth and empathy. She demonstrates that these violent crimes are directly traceable to a disturbed family life. Two adolescent girls from broken homes illustrate her point.