Juvenile homicide : fatal assault or lethal intent? / Raquel Maria Warley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warley, Raquel Maria, 1969-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile homicide--United States.

Juvenile homicide.

Violence in adolescence--United States.

Violence in adolescence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Warley's work focuses on male-to-male violent juvenile encounters. Using a multi-perspective framework that encompasses strain theory, social disorganization theory, the subculture of violence thesis, as well as theories of criminal lethality and compulsory masculinity, background characteristics are assessed to delineate structural-cultural factors that dispose adolescent males to violence. Consideration is also given to crime characteristics that differentiate impulsive killing from premeditated homicide. Disentangling weapon instrumentality effect from offenders' intentionality is a primary

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: Juvenile Homicide: A Definition of the Problem; Introduction; Policy and Practice Implications; A Mandate for Forensic Social Work; Purpose of the Present Study; CHAPTER 2: Juvenile Homicide: Structural and Cultural RiskFactors; Dynamic Contextualism: An Integrated Thoery of JuvenileHomicide; Structural Considerations; Cultural Considerations; CHAPTER 3: Similarly Situated Males: The Situational Natureof Male-to-Male Violence; Situational Contingencies

Situated Transactions and Coercive Power in the Production ofFatal ViolenceCHAPTER 4: Lethal Intent and the Weapon InstrumentalityEffect; The Criminal Lethality Perspective; Criminal Lethality and Firearm Availability; Lethal Intent and Weapon Facilitation; Empirical Literature Review of Weapon Instrumentality; CHAPTER 5: The Research Strategy; Secondary Analysis: Design And Rationale; The Original Study: Learning About Drugs and ViolenceAmong Adolescents; Juvenile Lethality: The Present Investigation; Methodological Limitations and Anticipated Contributions

CHAPTER 6: Violent Encounters Involving Juvenile MaleOffendersData Analysis Strategy; Offense Profile: Offender and Victim Characteristics; Situational Risk Factors for Severity of Incident Outcome; Situational Risk Factors for Lethal Intent; CHAPTER 7: Developing Youth Violence Prevention andIntervention Strategies; Discussion of Findings; Practice Implications of the Study; Conclusion; Endnotes; Appendix A: Response Pattern for Motive Variable; Appendix B: Recoding Scheme for Motive Variable; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326913

1593326912

OCLC:

818818947