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Prospective Prediction of Juvenile Homicide/Attempted Homicide among Early-Onset Juvenile Offenders
While homicide perpetrated by juveniles is a relatively rare occurrence, between 2010 and 2014, approximately 7%–8% of all murders involved a juvenile offender. Unfortunately, few studies have prospectively examined the predictors of homicide offending, with none examining first-time murder among a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334751/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28212340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14020197 |
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author | Baglivio, Michael T. Wolff, Kevin T. |
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description | While homicide perpetrated by juveniles is a relatively rare occurrence, between 2010 and 2014, approximately 7%–8% of all murders involved a juvenile offender. Unfortunately, few studies have prospectively examined the predictors of homicide offending, with none examining first-time murder among a sample of adjudicated male and female youth. The current study employed data on 5908 juvenile offenders (70% male, 45% Black) first arrested at the age of 12 or younger to prospectively examine predictors of an arrest for homicide/attempted homicide by the age of 18. Among these early-onset offenders, males, Black youth, those living in households with family members with a history of mental illness, those engaging in self-mutilation, and those with elevated levels of anger/aggression (all measured by age 13) were more likely to be arrested for homicide/attempted homicide by age 18. These findings add to the scant scientific literature on the predictors of homicide, and illustrate potential avenues for intervention. |
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spelling | pubmed-53347512017-03-16 Prospective Prediction of Juvenile Homicide/Attempted Homicide among Early-Onset Juvenile Offenders Baglivio, Michael T. Wolff, Kevin T. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article While homicide perpetrated by juveniles is a relatively rare occurrence, between 2010 and 2014, approximately 7%–8% of all murders involved a juvenile offender. Unfortunately, few studies have prospectively examined the predictors of homicide offending, with none examining first-time murder among a sample of adjudicated male and female youth. The current study employed data on 5908 juvenile offenders (70% male, 45% Black) first arrested at the age of 12 or younger to prospectively examine predictors of an arrest for homicide/attempted homicide by the age of 18. Among these early-onset offenders, males, Black youth, those living in households with family members with a history of mental illness, those engaging in self-mutilation, and those with elevated levels of anger/aggression (all measured by age 13) were more likely to be arrested for homicide/attempted homicide by age 18. These findings add to the scant scientific literature on the predictors of homicide, and illustrate potential avenues for intervention. MDPI 2017-02-16 2017-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5334751/ /pubmed/28212340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14020197 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Baglivio, Michael T. Wolff, Kevin T. Prospective Prediction of Juvenile Homicide/Attempted Homicide among Early-Onset Juvenile Offenders |
title | Prospective Prediction of Juvenile Homicide/Attempted Homicide among Early-Onset Juvenile Offenders |
title_full | Prospective Prediction of Juvenile Homicide/Attempted Homicide among Early-Onset Juvenile Offenders |
title_fullStr | Prospective Prediction of Juvenile Homicide/Attempted Homicide among Early-Onset Juvenile Offenders |
title_full_unstemmed | Prospective Prediction of Juvenile Homicide/Attempted Homicide among Early-Onset Juvenile Offenders |
title_short | Prospective Prediction of Juvenile Homicide/Attempted Homicide among Early-Onset Juvenile Offenders |
title_sort | prospective prediction of juvenile homicide/attempted homicide among early-onset juvenile offenders |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334751/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28212340 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14020197 |
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