Homicide and Murder
Causing the death of another person without legal justification or excuse.
Age range of 77% of victims
Most common weapon used in homicide
What are firearms and knives?
Provides specific targets for prevention at specific periods of development
What is the Dynamic Cascade Model?
Ongoing experiences of physical, psychological, and/or sexual abuse in home
What is family violence?
Unlawful killing of another with malice aforethought (expressed or implied)
What is murder?
Age range of 70% of offenders
What are ages 17-34?
Selling or transferring gun to juvenile
What is one federal crime?
Involves hostile aggression, impulsivity, poor self regulation
What is reactive violence?
Number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters in U.S. involving a family member killing another family member
Unlawful killing of another person with no intent to kill
What is non-negligent/voluntary manslaughter?
Makes up 90% of offenders
What are males?
Constitutional right to firearms
Motivated by instrumental aggression, cold-blooded, non emotional, premeditated aggression, purpose of personal or material gain
What is proactive violence?
Physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, family abduction
What are types of maltreatment?
Malice aforethought, elaborate plan not necessary, time frame not important
What is premeditation?
Most homicides are
What is intraracial?
Waiting period, crim and/or mental health background check, forbidden to felons and juvelines
What are restrictions?
Number of juveniles 5 or younger who murder
What is 35 arrests?
Approximate amount of U.S. children that die each year as a result of abuse and neglect
What is 300-500?
Under 25 years old
What are 1/3 of victims and 1/2 offenders?
The reason for many homicides
What are interpersonal arguments and felony's?
Facilitate violent crimes
What are guns?
Percentage of homicides committed by juveniles
What is 9%?
Number of children victims of family abduction in 2010
What is 200,000?