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Case Study of Youthful Homicide: A Review of Agency/ Staff Involvement With Offenders and Victims  


Author:  Hal  Nees.


Source: Volume 08, Number 01, May/June 2004 , pp.3-7(5)




Offender Programs Report

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Abstract: 

This article provides insight into a specific case of double homicide by two youths who had been involved in the juvenile justice system since their preteens. This case study provides background information about each of the four youths (the two individuals convicted and the two victims), the assessments used by the system, and the response to the youths by the system. The article then makes policy suggestions that can be extracted from the stories of these youth.

Keywords: juvenile justice

Affiliations:  1: Metropolitan State College of Denver.

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