If, indeed, his history in Bosnia is a big part of how he got so messed up, we need to rethink our asylum and refugee policies about letting people with this kind of history come into our country for "humanitarian" reasons.We are now talking about bringing in 70,000 traumatized Iraquis. How many Americans will they kill? And, yes, we need to rethink the whole rationale for keeping juvenile records sealed and destroying them once the offender reaches 18.
Most legitimate refugees don't cause any trouble and many make a huge contribution to our society. But I do think they should be subject to some systematic supervision for the first few years. Letting people in who have been subjected to serious psychological trauma (and often physical too), and just turning them loose with the right to refuse any intervention or supervision is risky for us and for them. People who are already suffering from PTSD and similar mental ills, who are then suddenly thrust into a totally unfamiliar culture where they don't speak the language well, are certainly at very serious risk .