Gerard, F.J. and Khachatryan, N. 2024. Youth homicide Offenders: A review of recent literature. in: Burgason, K.A. and DeLisi, M. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Homicide studies Routledge. pp. 188-213
| Chapter title | Youth homicide Offenders: A review of recent literature |
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| Authors | Gerard, F.J. and Khachatryan, N. |
| Editors | Burgason, K.A. and DeLisi, M. |
| Abstract | Despite the decrease in the prevalence juvenile-perpetrated homicide in the past couple of decades, these offenders continue to commit crimes that shock the public, and increase the need to understand the factors that contribute to this type of violent behavior by young people. The aim of the current chapter is to examine the literature on juvenile homicide offenders (JHOs) published since 2014, which is the year in which a comprehensive systematic review of juvenile homicide was published by Gerard and colleagues (2014). Using several databases, more than 50 relevant studies of JHOs and other types of young homicide offenders were identified for inclusion in the chapter, and they were divided into seven categories: JHOs’ characteristics and risk, gender and race differences, killings within the family, mass murder and school shootings, sexual homicide, legal processing and sentencing, and recidivism. The chapter concludes with a summary of the findings and their implications for policy. |
| Book title | Routledge Handbook of Homicide studies |
| Page range | 188-213 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 28 Feb 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781032505305 |
| 9781003837794 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003399476-12 |
| File | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |