Male and female juvenile homicide offenders: An empirical analysis of U.S. arrests by offender age

Kathleen M. Heide; Eldra P. Solomon; Brian G. Sellers; Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan

doi:10.1177/1557085110387788

Male and female juvenile homicide offenders: An empirical analysis of U.S. arrests by offender age

Kathleen M. Heide
, Eldra P. Solomon
, Brian G. Sellers
, Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan

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Abstract

Most studies on juvenile homicide offenders (JHOs) have used small samples and concentrated on male teenage offenders. No large scale research has analyzed victim, offender, and offense correlates among younger and older JHOs. Supplementary Homicide Research (SHR) data (1976-2007) are used to explore gender and age differences among JHOs. Male and female JHOs were divided into younger (below age 13) and older (age 13-17 years) groups. Gender differences previously found with respect to victim age, victim gender, victim offender relationship, weapon, and circumstance remained when the effect of offender age was controlled. The implications of these findings are discussed. © The Author(s) 2011.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-31
Journal	Feminist Criminology
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085110387788
Publication status	Published - Jan 2011
Externally published	Yes

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female delinquency
female juvenile homicide offenders
female juvenile violence
gender
juvenile homicide offenders
murder

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Male and female juvenile homicide offenders: An empirical analysis of U.S. arrests by offender age

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