VIOLENCE AND BRUTALITY AMONG JUVENILE OFFENDERS - MURDERS ANALYZED (FROM JUVENILE CRIMINALITY AND US, PUNISHMENT OR PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION - WEST GERMANY, 1974 EDITED BY HILDE KAUFMANN - SEE NCJ-28759)

• NCJ Number: 28764
• Author(s): R HERREN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 28 pages
• Corporate Author: Adolf Bonz Verlag Gmbh
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

CASE HISTORIES OF 'THRILL' MURDERS YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH DISCUSSION OF SOME PSYCHOANALYTICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS AND OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT DRUG USE, HORROR MOVIES AND HARD PORNOGRAPHY ARE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

Abstract

ALTHOUGH THE MURDERS ANALYZED TOOK PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES, THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THEM INDICATIVE OF THE INCREASED LEVELS OF VICIOUS AND OFTEN APPARENTLY MOTIVELESS VIOLENCE THAT HAVE APPEARED IN EUROPE AND AMERICA SINCE THE 1960'S. --IN GERMAN