Young Homicide Offenders and Victims Risk Factors, Prediction, and Prevention from Childhood /

• Main Authors: Loeber, Rolf (Author), Farrington, David P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2011.
• Series: Longitudinal Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Series
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychiatry.; Criminology.; Sociology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Sociology, general.

The first decade of the new century proved to be a deadly one for many children and young people in the United States. Despite increased policing on the streets, higher rates of incarceration, harsher sentencing, stricter control of illegal drugs, and attempts to reduce access to firearms, FBI repor...