This book focuses on the small but disturbing percentage of homicides by children that occur each year, providing a brief overview of the legal, individual, and

Sexual homicide is murder committed in tandem with either an overt sexual assault or sexually symbolic behavior. This type of murder carried out by youths is on

Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and ot

These factors often interact with certain personality characteristics and biological influences, causing many youths to conclude that they have little or nothin

What makes a juvenile delinquent develop into an adult criminal? What defines-cognitively, developmentally, legally-the transition from juvenile to adult and wh