NCJ Number
142603
Date Published
1987
Length
60 pages
Annotation
Summary data were provided by the Homicide Project of Canada's Center for Justice Statistics to provide a descriptive analysis of the characteristics of homicides involving juvenile suspects of native and nonnative origin.
Abstract
Many differences emerged in the characteristics of native and nonnative homicides over the 1962-1984 period. Homicides involving juvenile suspects were rare. There were only about 50 identified per year. Native youth made up a larger percentage of the total native suspects than did nonnatives: 15 percent of all native, but 8 percent of nonnative suspects were juveniles. Young men predominated in both groups, but young female natives were more than twice as likely as young female nonnatives to be suspected of homicide. Most young suspects were not involved in other offenses at the time of the homicide. A large majority of the juveniles chose a victim with whom they had some prior relationship such as a friend, neighbor, or a family member. 11 notes, 44 references, and 16 tables