The Murder of Childhood: Inside the Mind of One of Britain's Most Notorious Child Murderers

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Ray Wyre Tim Tate

The Murder of Childhood

Inside the Mind of One of Britain's Most Notorious Child Murderers

Ray Wyre, Tim Tate, Charmaine Richardson

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Waterside Press
17 October 2018

Rehabilitation of offenders; Criminal or forensic psychology; Sexual behaviour

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the death of sex-offending expert and founder of the Gracewell Clinic, Ray Wyre. It is also the twenty-fifth anniversary of the main events described in this book and 40 years since newspaper girl Genette Tate `disappeared into thin air'. Tim Tate and Charmaine Richardson (Wyre's widow) have meticulously re-visited a work that has been out of print for a decade, adding fresh Introduction, Preface and endpiece, `Twenty-five Years Later ....'

They show how events have changed, including the further conviction of child serial-killer Robert Black for the murder of Jennifer Cardy and changes in policing methods, but criticise a continuing, possibly worse, failure to protect children from paedophiles in the internet age. They voice real concern that Ray Wyre's call to learn more about sex-offenders, their methods of operation and strategies of denial, distortion, deflection of blame and need for treatment, have not been heeded. Ultimately, the book paints a picture of political regression.

By: Ray Wyre, Tim Tate
Preface by: Charmaine Richardson
Imprint: Waterside Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Special edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
ISBN: 9781909976627
ISBN 10: 1909976628
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 17 October 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

About the authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Second Edition; Preface by Charmaine Richardson; Original 1995 Prologue; Introduction. 1. A Rush of Blood; 2. Nobody's Child; 3. A Kind of Madness; 4. Ghosts in the Machine; 5. The Price of Failure; 6. Into That Darkness; 7. Unquiet Graves; 8. The Politics of Paedophilia; Original 1995 Epilogue; Twenty-five Years Later; Index.

Tim Tate is an award-winning documentary film-maker, investigative journalist and best-selling author. Ray Wyre (1951-2008) was the only person Black would open up to and a nationally acknowledged expert in the sexual crime field. Charmaine Richardson is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who married Ray Wyre in the late-1990s. Her life with him forms a central part of her 2018 book, Pick Up the Pieces.

Reviews for The Murder of Childhood: Inside the Mind of One of Britain's Most Notorious Child Murderers

Amazon reviews (of first edition): `An uncomfortable but worthy read'; `The strongest account of Robert Black available'; `Powerful, unflinching, informative...'