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Author Loeber, Rolf.

Title Young homicide offenders and victims : risk factors, prediction, and prevention from childhood / Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington.

Publication Info. New York ; London : Springer, [2011]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK SPRINGER    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 200 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Series Longitudinal research in the social and behavioral sciences.
Longitudinal research in the social and behavioral sciences.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The first decade of the new century proved to be a deadly one for many children and young people in the United States. Despite increased policing on the streets, higher rates of incarceration, harsher sentencing, stricter control of illegal drugs, and attempts to reduce access to firearms, FBI reports show that more than 7,300 young people between the ages of 15 and 29 were murdered in 2008 alone. It's clear that traditional crime reduction strategies have not stemmed the rising tide of homicides perpetrated by and upon one of society's most vulnerable populations. Innovative, practicable solu.
Note Print version record.
GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Juvenile delinquents -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Longitudinal studies.
Juvenile homicide -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Longitudinal studies.
Victims of juvenile crime -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Longitudinal studies.
Juvenile homicide -- Prevention.
Juvenile delinquency -- Prevention.
Juvenile Delinquency -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Homicide -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Crime Victims -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Adolescent.
Longitudinal Studies.
Juvenile Delinquency -- prevention and control.
Homicide -- prevention and control.
Social sciences.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Farrington, David P.
In: Springer e-books.
Other Form: Print version: Loeber, Rolf. Young homicide offenders and victims. New York : Springer, 2011 (DLC) 2011931973
ISBN 9781441999498 (electronic bk)
1441999493 (electronic bk)
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