Juvenile homicide offenders
Why they were involved in serious crime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21558153 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen M Heide (0000-0001-7276-2344, Department of Criminology University of South Florida Tampa FL USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 492-505 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Behavioral Sciences & the Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-3936 • E-ISSN: 1099-0798 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/bsl.2530 |
| PMID | 34139042 |
| OpenAlex | W3171321313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
The perpetration of murders by juveniles (individuals under age 18) has been a serious concern in the United States since the 1960s. As a result of four decisions by the United States Supreme Court during the 21st century, the likelihood that juvenile homicide offenders will be released back into society is substantially higher than it was in the year 2000. Given these changes in sentencing policies and practices, understanding why youths under 18 engage in homicidal behavior is more important than ever for two reasons: to prevent juveniles from killing in the first place and to determine whether their reasons for killing are related to post‐release outcome. This research is a part of a 35‐year follow‐up study of 59 boys, age 14 to 17, who were convicted of murder or attempted murder, and sentenced to adult prisons in a southeastern state. Twenty of these men discussed the reasons for their involvement in murder in person in a second interview conducted by the author 35 years after her first interview with them. These men's reasons for engaging in serious homicidal behavior reflected both psychological and sociological factors. Although the type of explanation for criminal involvement was not significantly related to post‐release outcome, some interesting patterns were discernible. The implications of these findings, limitations of the study, and suggestions for future research are discussed
Criminology · Homicide · Injury prevention · Juvenile · Juvenile delinquency · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Code of the street
Crime and the American dream
Delinquency and opportunity
The anatomy of human destructiveness
Principles of Criminology
Social Structure and Anomie
Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas
Juvenile Homicide Offenders Look Back 35 Years Later
Looking Forward in Records of Youth Abused as Children
An Empirical Theory of the Development of Homicide within Individuals
Summary of Studies of Abused Infants and Children Later Homicidal, and Homicidal, Assaulting later Homicidal, and Sexual Homicidal Youth and Adults
Male and Female Juvenile Homicide Offenders
Analysis of 112 Juveniles Who Committed Homicide
American Youth Violence
Aggression replacement training
The hazards of premature release
Aggression
Lower Class Culture as a Generating Milieu of Gang Delinquency
Adolescent female murderers
Social Structure and Anomie
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |