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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Loeber, Rolf
Titre(s) : Young homicide offenders and victims [Texte électronique] : risk factors, prediction, and prevention from childhood / Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington
Titre d'ensemble : Springer e-books
Publication : New York ; London : Springer, cop. 2011
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xxi, 200 pages)
Collection : Longitudinal research in the social and behavioral sciences
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record.
The first decade of the new century proved to be a deadly one for many children and
young people in the United States. Despite increased policing on the streets, higher
rates of incarceration, harsher sentencing, stricter control of illegal drugs, and
attempts to reduce access to firearms, FBI reports show that more than 7,300 young
people between the ages of 15 and 29 were murdered in 2008 alone. It's clear that
traditional crime reduction strategies have not stemmed the rising tide of homicides
perpetrated by and upon one of society's most vulnerable populations. Innovative,
practicable solu
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Farrington, David P. (1944-....). Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Jeunes délinquants
Criminels mineurs
Délinquance juvénile
Indice(s) Dewey :
155.424 (23e éd.) = Enfants de six à onze ans (psychologie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781441999498
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44662322x
Notice n° :
FRBNF44662322
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Foreword by Kathleen Heide ; Foreword by Irvin Waller ; Preface ; Young Male Homicide
Offenders and Victims: Current Knowledge, Beliefs, and Key Questions ; The Pittsburgh
Youth Study ; Homicide, Offenders, and Victims in the United States, Pennsylvania,
Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Youth Study ; Early Risk Factors for Convicted Homicide
Offenders and Homicide Arrestees ; Prediction of Homicide Offenders out of Violent
boys ; Early Risk Factors for Homicide Victims and Shooting Victims ; Homicide Offenders
Speak ; Modeling the Impact of Preventive Interventions on the National Homicide
Rate ; Modeling the Impact of Interventions on Local Indicators of Offending, Victimization
and Incarceration ; Conclusions and Implications.