@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of Canadian youth-perpetrated homicides",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2013",
author="Woodworth, Michael and Agar, Ava D. and Coupland, Richard B. A.",
volume="40",
number="9",
pages="1009-1026",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854813482309",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854813482309"
}