TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Characteristics of Canadian youth-perpetrated homicides
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Woodworth, Michael
A1  - Agar, Ava D.
A1  - Coupland, Richard B. A.
SP  - 1009
EP  - 1026
VL  - 40
IS  - 9
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854813482309
ID  - ref1
ER  -