Under the Bridge

It may be obvious to many that I have a certain obsession with 1) the social psychology of bullying and 2) crimes perpetrated by adolescent girls, so it should be no surprise to anyone that my most recent read was Under the Bridge, which chronicles the true story of the murder of Reena Virk in Vancouver B.C. Reena was beaten by a large group of teenagers; when they finally let up, two of the teenagers went back to murder her. It was pretty much the kind of stupid-ass impulse-control crime that you'd expect from a teenager with rage issues, much less a gang of teenagers (who amusingly think they are Crips, even though they are resoundingly white and living in Vancouver B.C.). The tragedy is that they were too young to realize the very good reasons a person would want to control those impulses.

( much too friggin' long review of this book )