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(omitting the words nospam)
Society is understandably curious about the formative influences of homicidal child
killers such as Ian Huntley, Thomas Hamilton and Leslie Bailey, working class men
who endured increasingly unhappy childhoods. Youthful Prey profiles these and other
British killers, as well as child killers from America, Belgium and Canada.
But children
are statistically much more likely to encounter a seductive paedophile in the form
of their teacher, scoutmaster or mother’s new boyfriend, men who are willing to groom
their victim for many months. The book details the rouses these men (and occasionally
women) use in order to win a child’s trust and ensure his or her silence. It includes
an extensive interview with a detective who posed as a paedophile in order to imprison
dozens of child molesters, and input from a man accused of molesting his daughter
about his experience of being on the Sex Offender’s Register.
Large format paperback published 25 August 2008 by Pennant Books
ISBN: 1-906015-17-1
ISBN13: 978-1-906015-17-6 Priced £9.99
Youthful Prey Reviews:
Carol Anne Davis writes crime fiction which I admire greatly and true crime non-fiction which terrifies me. Youthful Prey is a chilling catalogue of paedophile murders written with the author’s usual professionalism and authority.
Mike Ripley, Shots
Carol Anne Davis has written both crime novels and a series of books dealing with
cases of True Crime. In this, her latest investigation into a phenomenon which would
appear, given the often excessive media attention some cases receive, to be hugely
on the increase, she examines in detail a large number of cases involving predatory
paedophiles. She finds, also, that many more sexual crimes against children are well
hidden behind often respectable façades of family life and never do reach the attention
of the press or the public.
Ms Davis conducts a very thorough and painstaking examination
of the characteristics, the backgrounds and the actual crimes committed against children
of a large number of known and convicted paedophiles from many countries: Britain,
America, Canada, Belgium and Pakistan.
She looks at the question of the possibility
of reducing the terrible amount of harm done to children by manipulative adults who
not only abuse but often go on to kill their prey. Suggestions, some of which have
been tried, some not, are put forward. We are offered advice from safety experts
and child protection organisations about measures which can be taken to protect our
children from this kind of harm and are exhorted to be vigilant at all times.
Youthful
Prey : Child Predators Who Kill is a commendable effort by Carol Anne Davis to help
the reader towards some kind of understanding of the issues involved and perhaps
goes some way towards providing useful advice to all who wish to do their best to
protect children.
Phyllis Davies, Tangled Web, October 2008
