A comparison of offending trajectories in violent youth according to violence type

ConclusionThe offending trajectories of young people with appetitively violent index offences were indistinguishable from other violent youths. There is thus insufficient information here to recommend distinctive intervention for this subgroup, but their high reoffending rate (7/9) suggests that they are worthy of more research attention. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - July 1, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Hannah Ching, Michael Daffern, Stuart Thomas Tags: Original Article Source Type: research