Juvenile Homicides : a Social Disorganization Perspective.

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 Lati...

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Main Author:	Laurikkala, Minna K.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.
Subjects:	Juvenile homicide > United States. Criminal behavior, Prediction of > United States.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	9781593326685 1593326688
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central