A bestseller in German-speaking countries for the last three years, The Incredible Fascination of Violence is sure to be a powerful and compelling wake-up call to the English-speaking world, and especially to American society, racked as it is by fears of violence toward and among children.From his experiences as a psychologist in Swiss state schools and as a therapist and publisher of psychological works, Allan Guggenbuhl has gathered material to take on the formidable task of analyzing what makes children behave violently toward each other. He has come up with some disturbing and unique conclusions which have forced many people involved with this problem -- from parents to teachers, counselors to police -- to reexamine and change many of their assumptions about violence and childhood.