Adolescents murderers: abuse and adversity in childhood

Hill-Smith, Andrew J.; Hugo, Pippa; Hughes, Patricia Paulsen; Fonagy, Peter; Hartman, David J.

doi:10.1006/jado.2002.0462

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“…These include characteristics relating to their background (e.g., low socio-economic status, harsh parenting and exclusion from school) and their environment (e.g., availability of weapons, family disorganisation, abusive home environment and violent family life) (Darby, Allan, Kashani, Hartke & Reid, 1998;Hill-Smith, Hugo, Hughes, Fonagy & Hartman, 2002).…”

Section: Characteristics Of Juvenile Homicide Offendersmentioning

confidence: 99%

An exploration of the current knowledge on young people who kill: A systematic review

Gerard

Jackson

Chou

et al. 2014

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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This exploratory systematic review assessed the quality of primary studies on young people who kill and synthesised the findings regarding the characteristics of these offenders. An electronic search yielded 12,717 hits of papers published between 1989 and 2012. Of these, 8,395 duplicates, 3,787 irrelevant hits, and 527 publications not meeting the inclusion criteria of the review were excluded (15 publications were added after searching the grey literature), leaving 23 good quality studies. From these, a further seven were removed due to their small sample size (i.e., n < 30), leaving a total of 16 studies reviewed in detail. A search update was carried out on 2 February 2014 and no further studies meeting the inclusion criteria were found. The results indicate that juvenile homicide offenders are a heterogeneous group and the risk factors for juvenile homicide are cumulative and evolve through life. The findings are mixed, but ten risk factors are identified which appear to be consistent for offenders across the studies reviewed. The limitations of the current review are highlighted and recommendations for future research are outlined, with particular consideration given to improving the quality of the literature in this field.

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Section: Characteristics Of Juvenile Homicide Offendersmentioning

confidence: 99%

An exploration of the current knowledge on young people who kill: A systematic review

Gerard

Jackson

Chou

et al. 2014

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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“…Rates of substance abuse, and particularly alcohol abuse, were high for juvenile homicide offenders (Bailey, 1996). Hill-Smith, Hugo, Hughes, Fonagy, and Hartman (2002) identified several risk factors that differentiated juvenile homicide offenders from other juvenile delinquents. Those convicted of homicide were more likely to have a family history of criminality, were likely to have suffered emotional and/or physical abuse, and had generally had more extensive educational and school problems.…”

Section: Offender Demographics and Background Characteristics In Juvementioning

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Age effects on juvenile homicide perpetration

Hammond

Ιωάννου

2015

Journal of Criminal Psychology

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Age Effects On Juvenile Homicide Perpetration 2 Abstract PurposeIn order to address a notable gap in the research literature, the present study examined agerelated differences in juvenile homicide perpetration. MethodologyData on 150 juvenile homicide offenders and their offences was derived from material available within the public domain, including media reports, case studies, court reports and previously published studies. Comparisons were then made between those aged 14 and under (N = 63) and those aged 14-17 (N = 87) across a range of offender, victim and offencerelated variables. FindingsThere were no significant differences between the child (U-14) and adolescent (14)(15)(16)(17) offender samples on any of the measured variables. The two groups had similar backgrounds, selected similar types of victims, had comparable breakdowns of different types of victimoffender relationship and had similar patterns of weapon use. Research Implications and LimitationsThe fact that the two groups did not differ significantly has notable implications in practical and applied domains. By identifying risk factors for juvenile homicide perpetration, findings open up a range of possibilities for identification, investigation and intervention. In addition, findings might inform the development of offender treatment and rehabilitation programmes.Key limitations relate to the quality and quantity of data employed. Ways of remedying these weaknesses in future research are addressed. Originality/ValueThis is the first study to directly compare child and adolescent perpetrators of homicide over a broad range of offender, victim and offence attributes.Age Effects On Juvenile Homicide Perpetration 3

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“…Many of these offenders' backgrounds have included combinations of the following: mental health disorders, developmental delays, substance abuse, maltreatment, and severe family dysfunction (Fenderich, Mackesy-Amiti, Goldstein, Spunt, & Brownstein, 1995;Heide, 2003;Heide et al, 2011;Hill-Smith, Hugo, Hughes, Fonagy, & Hartman, 2002;Myers & Scott, 1998;Zagar, Busch, Grove, & Hughes, 2009). For some of these offenders, these difficulties were experienced during both childhood and adolescence, compounding the problems (Mallett, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addi tion, serious child and adolescent mental health problems, many times related to trauma, are often unidentified, or if known, lack appropriate community-based treatment options (Kessler et al, 2005; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2008a). These expe riences, including poor parenting, abuse and neglect, and mental health problems (including psychopathic traits), are predictors of adolescent violence and, for some, homicide (DeLisi & Walters, 2011;Heide, 1999;Hill-Smith et al, 2002;Piquero, MacDonald, Dobrin, Daigle, & Cullen, 2005).…”

Section: Serious Youthful Offenders Homicide and Rehabilitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Juvenile life without the possibility of parole: Constitutional but complicated

Mallett

2013

Children and Youth Services Review

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Adolescents murderers: abuse and adversity in childhood

Cited by 22 publications

References 30 publications

An exploration of the current knowledge on young people who kill: A systematic review

An exploration of the current knowledge on young people who kill: A systematic review

Age effects on juvenile homicide perpetration

Juvenile life without the possibility of parole: Constitutional but complicated

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