LEADER 02786nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910955463803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781593326685 010 $a1593326688 035 $a(CKB)2670000000271324 035 $a(EBL)1057819 035 $a(OCoLC)818818933 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000756132 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11467427 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756132 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10732335 035 $a(PQKB)10141903 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057819 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1057819 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622756 035 $a(Perlego)2028068 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000271324 100 $a20110103d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJuvenile homicides $ea social disorganization perspective /$fMinna K. Laurikkala 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEl Paso [Tex.] $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 225 1 $aCriminal justice : recent scholarship 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781593324711 311 08$a1593324715 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; 01 Killing Trends; 02 What Does Age, Race, and Gender Have to Do With It?; 03 Chaos in the 'Hoods; 04 Toolkit for Homicide Analysis; 05 Pieces of the Homicide Puzzle; 06 Forecasting Homicides; 07 What Now?; Appendix A: Homicide Variables; Appendix B: Census Variables; Appendix C: Models Fitting Regressions; References; Index 330 $aLaurikkala studies youth homicides between 1965 and 1995 in Chicago. She considers variables relating to the offender, victim, setting, and precursors to the homicide by race and gender. Her results indicate that youth homicides involved increases in lethal gang altercations, particularly among Latinos, and an increased use of automatic weapons. Young females had very little impact on homicide rates in Chicago. The findings point to several measures of social disorganization that could aid in the prediction of youth homicides, albeit varying across groups. Overall, the results support social d 410 0$aCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aJuvenile homicide$zUnited States 606 $aCriminal behavior, Prediction of$zUnited States 615 0$aJuvenile homicide 615 0$aCriminal behavior, Prediction of 676 $a364.1520835/0977311 700 $aLaurikkala$b Minna K.$f1978-$01808776 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955463803321 996 $aJuvenile homicides$94359228 997 $aUNINA