Characteristics of Canadian youth-perpetrated homicides

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 exam...

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VerfasserInnen: Woodworth, Michael (VerfasserIn) ; Agar, Ava D. (VerfasserIn) ; Coupland, Richard B. A. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2013
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Jahr: 2013, Band: 40, Heft: 9, Seiten: 1009-1026
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Canada
Adolescent
Homicide
Juvenile
Murder
Violence
Youth
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1552-3594
DOI:10.1177/0093854813482309