Based on the author's in-depth research with children diagnosed with behavioural difficulties, this book provides a thorough critique of today's practices and explores the effects of this epidemic, questioning whether what we're doing is right for the child and right for society.

1. Introduction 2. Behaviour Disorders and Disorderly Children 3. Disorderly Conducts and the Making of Disorderly Children 4. Disorderly Children Weren't Always Disordered 5. Who Says Conduct Disorder is the Truth? The Power behind the Production of Disorderly Children 6. Administering Disorderly Children 7. Why Do Children and Young People Believe they are Disorderly? 8. Why it is so Difficult to Question being Disorderly. References