A Closer Look at Juvenile Homicide: Kids Who Kill

by Katelyn A. Hernandez, Tom D. Kennedy, Sara Ferguson

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 social aspects of this phenomenon. Since the 1980s, these crimes have been on the rise and the resulting legal response has been harsher punishments as well as treatment of children like adults. This has led to a host of failures in the juvenile justice system wherein recidivism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030381676
• ISBN13: 9783030381677
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"