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Young killers : the challenge of juvenile homicide

Title
Young killers : the challenge of juvenile homicide / Kathleen M. Heide.
Author
Heide, Kathleen M.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1999.

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Description
xix, 299 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
"In Young Killers Kathleen M. Heide, a criminologist and a licensed mental health professional, blends compelling case studies with a scientific study of male adolescent murderers. This book explores more than a dozen factors that have contributed to the rise of juvenile homicide since the mid 1980s. These factors often interact with certain personality characteristics and biological influences, causing many youths to conclude that they have little or nothing to lose by engaging in reckless and destructive acts. Although this book focuses mainly on boys who kill, Dr. Heide also discusses the increasing number of girls arrested for murder and examines gender issues in juvenile homicide. Professor Heide addresses the legal response to juvenile murders, psychological assessment, treatment issues, and prevention strategies aimed at reducing the incidence of juvenile homicide."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Juvenile homicide
  • Juvenile homicide > Case studies
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Homicide
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Juvenile homicide
  • Moordenaars
  • Jongeren
  • Criminologie
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Case Reports
  • Case studies
  • Case studies.
  • Études de cas.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-287) and index.
Contents
The phenomenon of juvenile homicide -- Ingredients for juvenile murder -- The legal response to juvenile and adolescent homicide -- Understanding the juvenile murderer -- Peter Daniels -- Jerry Johnson -- Calvin Thomas -- David Collins -- Malcolm Farrell -- Joel Westerlund -- Brian Clark -- Treating young killers with / Eldra P. Solomon -- Reducing youth violence in the 21st century.
ISBN
  • 0761900624
  • 9780761900627
  • 0761900632
  • 9780761900634
LCCN
98025341
OCLC
  • ocm39223637
  • 39223637
  • SCSB-1203180
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library