Juvenile homicides : a social disorganization perspective / Minna K. Laurikkala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laurikkala, Minna K., 1978-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile homicide--United States.

Juvenile homicide.

Criminal behavior, Prediction of--United States.

Criminal behavior, Prediction of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Laurikkala studies youth homicides between 1965 and 1995 in Chicago. She considers variables relating to the offender, victim, setting, and precursors to the homicide by race and gender. Her results indicate that youth homicides involved increases in lethal gang altercations, particularly among Latinos, and an increased use of automatic weapons. Young females had very little impact on homicide rates in Chicago. The findings point to several measures of social disorganization that could aid in the prediction of youth homicides, albeit varying across groups. Overall, the results support social d

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; 01 Killing Trends; 02 What Does Age, Race, and Gender Have to Do With It?; 03 Chaos in the 'Hoods; 04 Toolkit for Homicide Analysis; 05 Pieces of the Homicide Puzzle; 06 Forecasting Homicides; 07 What Now?; Appendix A: Homicide Variables; Appendix B: Census Variables; Appendix C: Models Fitting Regressions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326685

1593326688

OCLC:

818818933