Juvenile Offenders & Victims: 1997 Update on Violence

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Year: 1997
Pages: 47
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0788172328

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Melissa Sickmund, Howard N. Snyder, & Eileen Poe-Yamagata. Provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about trends in youth violence & victimization, drawing mainly from new analyses of national statistics series, as well as recent research studies. Of special interest are county level maps depicting the distribution of juvenile homicide victims & perpetrators, illustrating the concentration of such crimes in a small percentage of localities. In addition, an analysis of the court careers of 16 groups of offenders whose members turned 18 years old between 1980 & 1995 provides valuable insight into long-term trends in serious, violent, & chronic delinquency. Charts & tables.

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