Journal article
Young Men Who Kill: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination From Childhood
Homicide studies, Vol.16(2), pp.99-128
05/01/2012
DOI: 10.1177/1088767912439398
Abstract
Prior research has revealed important insights about some factors which increase the probability that individuals will commit murder; however, existing studies rely on retrospective data from institutional samples and have not examined homicide offending using data collected before the murder was committed. We use prospective longitudinal data from the Pittsburgh Youth Study to examine homicide using factors from multiple informants and developmental periods. Early risk scores showed whether homicide offenders could be predicted at an early age. The study reveals early-life factors that increase risk for perpetrating lethal violence and yields information on the dose-response relationships between predictors and homicide.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Young Men Who Kill: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination From Childhood
- Creators
- David P. Farrington - University of CambridgeRolf Loeber - University of PittsburghMark T. Berg - Indiana University Bloomington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Homicide studies, Vol.16(2), pp.99-128
- DOI
- 10.1177/1088767912439398
- ISSN
- 1088-7679
- eISSN
- 1552-6720
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984282463802771
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