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Juvenile Homicide : Fatal Assault or Lethal Intent?.

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 ar...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warley, Raquel Maria
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.
Colección:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.