Lifetime Punishments for Mentally Ill Juvenile Rampage School Shooters: No Hope for the Future?

This study examines the roles of age and mental health in the processing of 10 adolescent rampage school shooters who had shown signs of mental instability prior to their rampage, but were tried and convicted as adults and sentenced to life or almost life in prison. Findings from court transcripts s...

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Main Author: Farr, Kathryn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 63, Issue: 6, Pages: 896-918
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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