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
