title: Recidivism Patterns Among Two Types of Juvenile Homicide Offenders: A 30-Year Follow-Up Study.
abstract: Although juvenile homicide has been a matter of concern in the United States since the 1980s, prior research has not addressed long-term recidivism patterns for convicted juvenile murderers. Furthermore, a prominent juvenile homicide typology had not previously been tested with U.S. offenders. The present study examined whether juvenile offenders who killed or attempted to kill during the commission of a crime differed from those who killed due to some type of conflict on pre-incarceration, incarceration, and post-incarceration variables. These offenders were sentenced to adult prison in the early 1980s. Follow-up data spanned 30 years. The results indicated that approximately 88% of released offenders have been rearrested. Analyses of pre-incarceration variables revealed that crime-oriented offenders were significantly more likely to commit the homicide offense using accomplices than conflict-oriented offenders, and the latter were significantly more likely to use a firearm during the homicide incident. The circumstances of the homicide, however, were not significantly related to any other pre-incarceration variables, release from prison, number of post-release arrests, and number of post-release violent offenses. The implications of the findings, their comparability to previous follow-up research on this typology, and avenues for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: Norair
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khachatryan
authors.affiliation: 1 University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Heide
authors.affiliation: 2 Florida Department of Corrections, Clermont, USA.
authors.forename: Erich V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Hummel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003415:Crime; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000075665:Recidivism / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: follow-up study; homicide typology; juvenile homicide offenders; juvenile murderers; recidivism; recidivism of murderers; recidivism of violent offenders