Juvenile homicide [[electronic resource] ] : fatal assault or lethal intent? / / Raquel Maria Warley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462272203321
• Autore: Warley Raquel Maria <1969->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011
• ISBN: 1-59332-691-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Collana: Criminal justice recent scholarship
• Disciplina: 364.1520835/0973
• Soggetti: Juvenile homicide - United States; Violence in adolescence - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: Juvenile Homicide: A Definition of the Problem; Introduction; Policy and Practice Implications; A Mandate for Forensic Social Work; Purpose of the Present Study; CHAPTER 2: Juvenile Homicide: Structural and Cultural RiskFactors; Dynamic Contextualism: An Integrated Thoery of JuvenileHomicide; Structural Considerations; Cultural Considerations; CHAPTER 3: Similarly Situated Males: The Situational Natureof Male-to-Male Violence; Situational Contingencies; Situated Transactions and Coercive Power in the Production ofFatal ViolenceCHAPTER 4: Lethal Intent and the Weapon InstrumentalityEffect; The Criminal Lethality Perspective; Criminal Lethality and Firearm Availability; Lethal Intent and Weapon Facilitation; Empirical Literature Review of Weapon Instrumentality; CHAPTER 5: The Research Strategy; Secondary Analysis: Design And Rationale; The Original Study: Learning About Drugs and ViolenceAmong Adolescents; Juvenile Lethality: The Present Investigation; Methodological Limitations and Anticipated Contributions; CHAPTER 6: Violent Encounters Involving Juvenile MaleOffendersData Analysis Strategy; Offense Profile: Offender and Victim Characteristics; Situational Risk Factors for Severity of Incident Outcome; Situational Risk Factors for Lethal Intent; CHAPTER 7: Developing Youth Violence Prevention andIntervention Strategies; Discussion of Findings; Practice ; Implications of the Study; Conclusion; Endnotes; Appendix A: Response Pattern for Motive Variable; Appendix B: Recoding Scheme for Motive Variable; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Warley's work focuses on male-to-male violent juvenile encounters. Using a multi-perspective framework that encompasses strain theory, social disorganization theory, the subculture of violence thesis, as well as theories of criminal lethality and compulsory masculinity, background characteristics are assessed to delineate structural-cultural factors that dispose adolescent males to violence. Consideration is also given to crime characteristics that differentiate impulsive killing from premeditated homicide. Disentangling weapon instrumentality effect from offenders' intentionality is a primary