RT Article
T1 Recidivism Patterns Among Two Types of Juvenile Homicide Offenders: A 30-Year Follow-Up Study
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 2
SP 404
OP 426
A1 Khachatryan, Norair
A1 Heide, Kathleen M. 1954-
A1 Hummel, Erich V.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1587632675
AB Although juvenile homicide has been a matter of concern in the United States since the 1980s, prior research has not addressed long-term recidivism patterns for convicted juvenile murderers. Furthermore, a prominent juvenile homicide typology had not previously been tested with U.S. offenders. The present study examined whether juvenile offenders who killed or attempted to kill during the commission of a crime differed from those who killed due to some type of conflict on pre-incarceration, incarceration, and post-incarceration variables. These offenders were sentenced to adult prison in the early 1980s. Follow-up data spanned 30 years. The results indicated that approximately 88% of released offenders have been rearrested. Analyses of pre-incarceration variables revealed that crime-oriented offenders were significantly more likely to commit the homicide offense using accomplices than conflict-oriented offenders, and the latter were significantly more likely to use a firearm during the homicide incident. The circumstances of the homicide, however, were not significantly related to any other pre-incarceration variables, release from prison, number of post-release arrests, and number of post-release violent offenses. The implications of the findings, their comparability to previous follow-up research on this typology, and avenues for future research are discussed.
K1 Juvenile homicide offenders
K1 Juvenile murderers
K1 Recidivism
K1 Follow-up study
K1 Recidivism of murderers
K1 Recidivism of violent offenders
K1 Rückfälligkeit
K1 Langzeitstudie
K1 Jugendliche Mörder
K1 Jugendliche Schwerstdeliquenten
DO 10.1177/0306624X16657052