The first book to integrate shame research into a single overarching theory

- Why are some kids magnets for bullying?
- Why do gay teens commit suicide four times as frequently as "straight" teens?
- Why do we have more men and women in prison than any other country in the world?
- Why are school shootings and acts of domestic terrorism on the rise?

What could possibly be the theme that ties all of these questions together, which provides a window into so many aspects of the darker aspects of human behavior? In a word, shame.
Shame is a powerful and complex emotion,...