Originally published in German in 1973, and first published in English as this Cambridge edition in 1982, this is a detailed and systematic account of the extent to which mentally abnormal offenders are likely to commit crimes of major violence, based upon a study of all the 533 men and women in the Federal German Republic from 1955 to 1964 who were detained in hospitals after committing homicide or near-homicide. The authors calculated that such patients are no more, but also no less, dangerous than the rest of the population, and that the policy of treating psychotic or seriously subnormal...

A mystical stroll through the bush with encounters with the animals of the Australian bush that you can barely imagine. You will be enchanted as you meet these very friendly animals and with the author will, at the end, wonder - "was this real?"

Every night when the stars come out, three furry friends explore the house-Angus MacPherson MacBear, Kelvin Koala and Pink Piggy. They belong to young Michael, who lives in a tall tall house by a lake. They are always on the lookout for adventure, but they must be careful not to be discovered. Sh They mustn't be heard. They mustn't be seen. No one must ever find out about their secret adventures. What do they do in the dark, dark night? Do you know?

Young Michael has three special toys. Angus MacPherson MacBear, Kelvin Koala and Pink Piggy live with him in a house by the lake. Every night they look around Michael's house hoping to have adventures... When Michael's family wakes up in the morning they ask "Who ate the cake?" Do you know?"