Citation

Farrington DP, Loeber R, Berg MT. Homicide Stud. 2012; 16(2): 99-128.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1088767912439398

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Prior research has revealed important insights about some factors which increase the probability that individuals will commit murder; however, existing studies rely on retrospective data from institutional samples and have not examined homicide offending using data collected before the murder was committed. We use prospective longitudinal data from the Pittsburgh Youth Study to examine homicide using factors from multiple informants and developmental periods. Early risk scores showed whether homicide offenders could be predicted at an early age. The study reveals early-life factors that increase risk for perpetrating lethal violence and yields information on the dose-response relationships between predictors and homicide.

Language: en