Citation

Woodworth M, Agar AD, Coupland RBA. Crim. Justice Behav. 2013; 40(9): 1009-1026.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0093854813482309

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

Language: en