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Juvenile homicide: prior adjustment and a proposed typology
Dewey G Cornell1, Elissa P Benedek2, David M Benedek2
1Institute of Clinical Psychology.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|July 1, 1987
Abstract:
Studies of juvenile homicide have been limited to small samples and have arrived at widely varying clinical formulations. The present study of 72 juvenile murderers uses a three-group typology based on the circumstances of the offense. Group differences in prior adjustment suggest distinct developmental pathways to adolescent violence. Implications for research and for legal decision-making are discussed.