RT Article
T1 Characteristics of Canadian youth-perpetrated homicides
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 40
IS 9
SP 1009
OP 1026
A1 Woodworth, Michael
A1 Agar, Ava D.
A1 Coupland, Richard B. A.
A2 Agar, Ava D.
A2 Coupland, Richard B. A.
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1885638809
AB Youth-perpetrated homicide has considerable impact on our society and justice system. Unfortunately, youth-perpetrated homicide is an understudied crime and even less research has been conducted specific to a Canadian population. Two decades ago, Meloff and Silverman published the most thorough examination of youth-perpetrated homicide in Canada. Since that time, it has been proposed that the motivations and characteristics of youth violence have changed in a number of important ways. The present study expands on previous limited empirical studies and investigation into features of youth homicides using a sample of 105 Canadian youth homicide offenders. A number of important differences were observed. For instance, there were substantially more multiple-perpetrator, stranger, and instrumental homicides. Results are considered in relation to trends observed in Canada and the United States.
K1 Canada
K1 Adolescent
K1 Homicide
K1 Juvenile
K1 Murder
K1 Violence
K1 Youth
DO 10.1177/0093854813482309