Invited Address: Street Killings: Prediction of Homicide Offenders and Their Victims

• NCJ Number: 244612
• Journal: Journal of Youth and Adolescence Volume: 42 Issue: 11 Dated: November 2013 Pages: 1640-1650
• Author(s): Rolf Loeber; Lia Ahonen
• Date Published: November 2013
• Length: 11 pages
• Grant Number(s): 96-MU-FX-0012; 2005-JK-FX-0001; MH 50778; MH 73941; 11018
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); National Institute of Mental Health
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article presents the study of homicide offenders and their victims.

Abstract

The article reports on childhood predictors (explanatory, behavioral and offenses) to predict homicide offenders in the longitudinal Pittsburgh Youth Study, and compares these predictors with predictors of homicide victims in the same study. This forms the basis for formulating antecedents that are shared between homicide offenders and homicide victims at a young age (ages 7-11) and antecedents that are not shared or are unique for each. Implications of the research are highlighted for early intervention and for interventions with high-risk offenders. Abstract published by arrangement with Springer.