Abstract
Summary
Recidivism of juvenile homicide offenders
Serious offences against persons perpetrated by juveniles raise fundamental questions
about the background, causes, and prevention of future crime. The current
study addresses the potential of future crime of juvenile homicide offenders (JHOs)
in The Netherlands who were incarcerated in the period 1992-2007. In contrast to
merely descriptive former research on recidivism of this offender group, we provide
an explanation for why some of the juveniles relapse into crime, while others
do not. To this end, associations are investigated between recidivism behavior and
risk factors. Results indicate that male JHOs and JHOs who maintain relationships
with delinquents run a greater risk to reoffend.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 213-240 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Mens en Maatschappij, 85(3), pp.213-240. |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |