Juvenile Homicides : a Social Disorganization Perspective.

By:

Laurikkala, Minna K

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781593326685
1593326688

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Juvenile Homicides : A Social Disorganization Perspective.DDC classification:

364.1520835 364.1520835/0977311

LOC classification:

HV9067.H6 L38 2011

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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.

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.

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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.