This compendium of unverified news reports, unpublished opinion pieces purported to be 'abstracts' and other documents is a very weak attempt to provide a foundation for the banning of types of dogs.Unfortunately, it has no value as a reference work for anyone serious about the issue. While some of the self-styled experts who make unsubstiantiated claims about 'pit bulls' and other types sometimes use it as a reference, this is nothing but a desperate attempt to lend credibiltiy to what is essentially a myth.The only reason I would recommend this book is if you need it to refute one of the handful of people with credentials who turn to it as a port in a storm.This one is not for the educated. I rated it as one star because I couldn't give it zero.