The Routledge International Handbook of Juvenile Homicide is the definitive work on juvenile homicide. This volume provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and in-depth exploration of what is known about juveniles involved in murder. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to juvenile homicide, this handbook brings together the leading experts in social sciences, mental health, and law from many countries. The volume covers the phenomenon of juvenile homicide from beginning to end, by addressing the questions “why do kids kill?” all the way to “how does society stop them from killing?”.
The tough issues involved in sentencing youths who take the lives of others, often deliberately and in horrific ways, are confronted through chapters addressing the legal issues, child development factors, risk assessment, public attitudes, and ethical concerns. The volume brings together research specifically conducted for this volume, in addition to summaries and discussions of clinical and empirical findings. Each chapter ends with key takeaway points. Contributors include psychologists, psychiatrists, criminologists, sociologists, lawyers, economists, biologists, epidemiologists, and public health and public policy experts. Uniquely, they examine murder by juveniles across the globe. The volume includes research pertaining to the causes, correlates, and theoretical explanations of juvenile homicide offending. Moving beyond discussions of juvenile homicide offenders (JHOs) as a homogenous group, the volume includes research on specific types of JHOs and research investigating age and gender differences among JHOs. In addition, it draws attention to the empirical factors associated with juvenile homicide offending, effective treatment of JHOs, recidivism, and prevention of violent behavior. The volume also makes recommendations for policy and practice, including how to shift government policy from punishing lawbreakers to saving lives.
This volume is essential reading for scholars and students researching youth violence/juvenile homicide across a variety of disciplines including criminology, criminal justice, law, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, social work, public health, and education. It is also an invaluable reference for mental health professionals, practitioners in the juvenile and criminal justice systems, policymakers, and government leaders.
PART 1 Juvenile homicide today 1 Crime forecasting and the disappearing juvenile crime wave James Alan Fox 2 The International handbook of juvenile homicide: The view from 30,000 feet Kathleen M. Heide 3 Juvenile homicide offenders: A synopsis of the literature on characteristics and risk factors Norair Khachatryan PART II Cross-national perspectives on juvenile homicide 4 Juvenile homicide in the United States Kathleen M. Heide 5 Youth-involved/juvenile homicide cases in Canada Adrienne M. F. Peters, Amanda R. Champion, and Raymond R. Corrado 6 Juvenile homicide in England and Wales Rachel Condry, Caroline Miles, and Lucy Trafford 7 Juvenile homicide in the Netherlands Pauline Aarten, Anne-Laura van Harmelen, and Marieke Liem 8 Juvenile homicide in Belgium F. Jeane Gerard 9 Juvenile homicide in Australia D. Jenny Cartwright 10 Cross-national trends and predictors of youth homicide victimization Mateus R. Santos PART III Types of juvenile homicide offenders 11 School shootings and threat assessment Dewey G. Cornell 12 Crime, conflict, and fighting for fun: Types of juvenile homicide offenders in Australia Simone J. Deegan 13 Juvenile sexual homicide offenders: Clinical findings and considerations Sanya Virani, Jason Andreas, Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, and Wade Myers 14 Juvenile sexual homicide: A review of offender, victim, and offense characteristics Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan PART IV Age Considerations among juvenile homicide offenders 15 Male juvenile homicide offenders: Developmental and empirical differences among young boys, pre-teens, and teens who kill Brian G. Sellers and Kathleen M. Heide 16 Child perpetrators of homicide, suicide, and unintentional firearm fatalities in the United States Sara J. Solnick and David Hemenway PART V Gender differences among juvenile homicide offenders 17 An empirically-derived typology of male juvenile homicide offenders in the United States Cedric Michel, Kathleen Heide, Bryanna Fox, John Cochran, and Norair Khachatryan 18 Statistical profiles of female juvenile homicide offenders: A latent class analysis John Cochran, Kathleen Heide, Bryanna Fox, and Norair Khachatryan PART VI Family homicides perpetrated by juvenile homicide offenders 19 Understanding Parricide: Pathways to killing parents Kathleen M. Heide 20 Juvenile involvement in double parricide and familicide in the U.S. Averi R. Fegadel PART VII Causes, correlates, and theoretical explanations of juvenile homicide offending 21 Why kids kill: Sociological Perspectives of juvenile homicide Wesley G. Jennings and Nicholas M. Perez 22 Psychological Perspectives on juvenile homicide Chae M. Jaynes and Deanna N. Devlin 23 Biological and psychological effects of trauma Eldra P. Solomon and Kathleen M. Heide 24 Why do juveniles kill: An ecological perspective on the developmental dynamics James Garbarino 25 Evolutionary perspectives on juvenile homicide offending Madeleine K. Meehan and Todd K. Shackelford PART VIII Clinical observations by experienced juvenile homicide offender forensic evaluators 26 Clinical impressions of juvenile homicide offenders James Garbarino 27 “Nuts and bolts” of conducting forensic evaluations of juvenile homicide offenders Kathleen M. Heide 28 Juvenile homicide offenders: Is there evidence they mature over time? Kathleen M. Heide PART IX Treatment of juvenile homicide offenders 29 Innovative treatment for juvenile homicide: A dose-response analysis of recidivism outcomes Darin R. Haerle 30 Effective treatment of severely aggressive youth with callous-unemotional traits Michael F. Caldwell and Brendan M. Caldwell PART X Competency, culpability, and sentencing considerations regarding juvenile homicide offenders 31 Adolescent development and justice; bridging science with practice – how should the legal system respond to juveniles charged with homicide? A developmental perspective Colleen Brown, Jordan Beardslee, and Elizabeth Cauffman 32 From “transient immaturity” to a permanent transformation: Jack’s story Frank DiCataldo 33 Risk assessment for juvenile homicide offenders: Best practices and a cautionary note Jaymes Fairfax-Columbo, Sarah Fishel, Haleh Kanani, and David DeMatteo 34 Juveniles Sentenced to life in Australia – empirical findings Simone J Deegan 35 Growing up incarcerated: A prisoner's perspective on the juvenile homicide offender experience John Hovey (post-script by Carol Welch) 36 Juvenile homicide: Public perceptions and sentencing considerations Kirk Heilbrun and Heidi Zapotocky 37 Ethical considerations in sentencing juvenile homicide offenders to adult prison Brian G. Sellers PART XI Release, recidivism, and Prediction of juvenile homicide offenders 38 The Afterlife and discretional release of juvenile lifers Simon Singer 39 Juvenile homicide offenders: Synthesis of findings on recidivism Norair Khachatryan 40 Reentry Experiences and recidivism in a model program Robert P. Blount III, Lillie A. Harris, and Shelsie Jeanty 41 The implications of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) exposure for juvenile violent offending and homicide: An extension of prospective prediction of juvenile homicide/attempted homicide Michael T. Baglivio and Kevin T. Wolff 42 Early Risk Factors for Juvenile and youthful homicide offenders in the Pittsburgh Youth Study David P. Farrington, Lia Ahonen, and Rebecca M. Stallings PART XII Prevention of juvenile violence 43 A character education perspective on preventing youth violence Marvin W Berkowitz, John C. Gibbs, and Ann-Marie DiBiase 44 Leveling the playing field: A developmental psychologist’s perspective Danielle Nesi and James Garbarino 45 A biopsychosocial approach to interventions for violent offending Olivia Choy and Farah Focquaert 46 Juvenile offenders of homicide and prevention suggestions Karissa R. Pelletier and Jesenia M. Pizarro PART XIII Charting the course for the future 47 Addressing Serious Juvenile Violence: Recommendations for Policy and Practice Jodi Lane 48 How to shift government policy from punishing to saving lives? Audrey Monette and Irvin Waller
Kathleen M. Heide is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida (USF). Professor Heide was elected as a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of her contributions in Criminology, particularly in the areas of juvenile homicide and parricide. Dr. Heide is also a licensed mental health professional actively involved in evaluating adolescent homicide offenders and treating survivors of trauma, including police officers. She has served as a court-appointed expert in matters relating to homicide, violence, and family and children. Dr. Heide also has been retained by the state and the defense to evaluate defendants charged with murder in 17 states and Canada. Professor Heide has authored or co-authored approximately 150 professional publications, including four monographs. Her book, Why Kids Kill Parents: Child Abuse and Adolescent Homicide, was the first scholarly book on the subject and is considered a seminal publication. Dr. Heide is also the author of two other books on homicide: Young Killers: The Challenge of Juvenile Homicide and Understanding Parricide: When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents. She is the co-author (with Linda Merz-Perez) of Animal Cruelty: Pathway to Violence Against People. Her research has also been featured by major news outlets around the world, and she has served as a consultant to the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Health, many state agencies, and several law firms. Dr. Heide has served on 20 community boards or councils and has held two gubernatorial appointments to the Florida Sentencing Commission. She has received many awards from USF for teaching and research excellence and has been recognized for her accomplishments by many community and professional organizations. Dr. Heide was elected to full membership in the American Psychological Association in recognition of her contributions to the field of psychology. Dr. Heide has been invited to lecture on her research findings in several countries. For example, she was invited by Queen Sofia of Spain to present her research on juvenile homicide at the International Meeting on the Biology and Sociology of Violence: Youth Violence (2004). Professor Heide gave the opening plenary address on parricide at a homicide conference sponsored by the Australian government and Griffith university (2014). Dr. Heide recently delivered the opening plenary on juvenile homicide for a psychology and law conference in Taiwan and will be speaking there on juvenile parricide at another conference in Fall 2023. Kathleen holds a B.A. from Vassar College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned both her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University at Albany, State University of New York, School of Criminal Justice, where she received a Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award at commencement and was recognized as a distinguished alumna in 2007.
