Routledge International Handbook of Juvenile Homicide

Kathleen M. Heide is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida (USF). Professor Heide was elected as a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of her contributions in Criminology, particularly in the areas of juvenile homicide and parricide. Dr. Heide is also a licensed mental health professional actively involved in evaluating adolescent homicide offenders and treating survivors of trauma, including police officers. She has served as a court-appointed expert in matters relating to homicide, violence, and family and children. Dr. Heide also has been retained by the state and the defense to evaluate defendants charged with murder in 17 states and Canada.Professor Heide has authored or co-authored approximately 150 professional publications, including four monographs. Her book, Why Kids Kill Parents: Child Abuse and Adolescent Homicide, was the first scholarly book on the subject and is considered a seminal publication. Dr. Heide is also the author of two other books on homicide: Young Killers: The Challenge of Juvenile Homicide and Understanding Parricide: When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents. She is the co-author (with Linda Merz-Perez) of Animal Cruelty: Pathway to Violence Against People. Her research has also been featured by major news outlets around the world, and she has served as a consultant to the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Health, many state agencies, and several law firms.Dr. Heide has served on 20 community boards or councils and has held two gubernatorial appointments to the Florida Sentencing Commission. She has received many awards from USF for teaching and research excellence and has been recognized for her accomplishments by many community and professional organizations. Dr. Heide was elected to full membership in the American Psychological Association in recognition of her contributions to the field of psychology. Dr. Heide has been invited to lecture on her research findings in several countries. For example, she was invited by Queen Sofia of Spain to present her research on juvenile homicide at the International Meeting on the Biology and Sociology of Violence: Youth Violence (2004). Professor Heide gave the opening plenary address on parricide at a homicide conference sponsored by the Australian government and Griffith university (2014). Dr. Heide recently delivered the opening plenary on juvenile homicide for a psychology and law conference in Taiwan and will be speaking there on juvenile parricide at another conference in Fall 2023.Kathleen holds a B.A. from Vassar College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned both her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University at Albany, State University of New York, School of Criminal Justice, where she received a Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award at commencement and was recognized as a distinguished alumna in 2007.

• PART 1Juvenile homicide today1 Crime forecasting and the disappearing juvenile crime waveJames Alan Fox2 The International handbook of juvenile homicide: The view from 30,000 feetKathleen M. Heide3 Juvenile homicide offenders: A synopsis of the literature on characteristics and risk factorsNorair KhachatryanPART II Cross-national perspectives on juvenile homicide4 Juvenile homicide in the United StatesKathleen M. Heide5 Youth-involved/juvenile homicide cases in CanadaAdrienne M. F. Peters, Amanda R. Champion, and Raymond R. Corrado6 Juvenile homicide in England and WalesRachel Condry, Caroline Miles, and Lucy Trafford7 Juvenile homicide in the NetherlandsPauline Aarten, Anne-Laura van Harmelen, and Marieke Liem8 Juvenile homicide in BelgiumF. Jeane Gerard9 Juvenile homicide in AustraliaD. Jenny Cartwright10 Cross-national trends and predictors of youth homicide victimizationMateus R. SantosPART IIITypes of juvenile homicide offenders11 School shootings and threat assessmentDewey G. Cornell12 Crime, conflict, and fighting for fun: Types of juvenile homicide offenders in AustraliaSimone J. Deegan13 Juvenile sexual homicide offenders: Clinical findings and considerationsSanya Virani, Jason Andreas, Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, and Wade Myers14 Juvenile sexual homicide: A review of offender, victim, and offense characteristicsHeng Choon (Oliver) ChanPART IVAge Considerations among juvenile homicide offenders 15 Male juvenile homicide offenders: Developmental and empirical differences among young boys, pre-teens, and teens who killBrian G. Sellers and Kathleen M. Heide 16 Child perpetrators of homicide, suicide, and unintentional firearm fatalities in the United StatesSara J. Solnick and David Hemenway PART VGender differences among juvenile homicide offenders 17 An empirically-derived typology of male juvenile homicide offenders in the United StatesCedric Michel, Kathleen Heide, Bryanna Fox, John Cochran, and Norair Khachatryan 18 Statistical profiles of female juvenile homicide offenders: A latent class analysisJohn Cochran, Kathleen Heide, Bryanna Fox, and Norair Khachatryan PART VIFamily homicides perpetrated by juvenile homicide offenders 19 Understanding Parricide: Pathways to killing parentsKathleen M. Heide20 Juvenile involvement in double parricide and familicide in the U.S.Averi R. FegadelPART VIICauses, correlates, and theoretical explanations of juvenile homicide offending 21 Why kids kill: Sociological Perspectives of juvenile homicideWesley G. Jennings and Nicholas M. Perez22 Psychological Perspectives on juvenile homicideChae M. Jaynes and Deanna N. Devlin 23 Biological and psychological effects of traumaEldra P. Solomon and Kathleen M. Heide 24 Why do juveniles kill: An ecological perspective on the developmental dynamicsJames Garbarino 25 Evolutionary perspectives on juvenile homicide offendingMadeleine K. Meehan and Todd K. ShackelfordPART VIIIClinical observations by experienced juvenile homicide offender forensic evaluators 26 Clinical impressions of juvenile homicide offendersJames Garbarino27 “Nuts and bolts” of conducting forensic evaluations of juvenile homicide offendersKathleen M. Heide 28 Juvenile homicide offenders: Is there evidence they mature over time?Kathleen M. Heide PART IXTreatment of juvenile homicide offenders 29 Innovative treatment for juvenile homicide: A dose-response analysis of recidivism outcomesDarin R. Haerle30 Effective treatment of severely aggressive youth with callous-unemotional traitsMichael 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 perspectiveColleen Brown, Jordan Beardslee, and Elizabeth Cauffman32 From “transient immaturity” to a permanent transformation: Jack’s story Frank DiCataldo 33 Risk assessment for juvenile homicide offenders: Best practices and a cautionary noteJaymes Fairfax-Columbo, Sarah Fishel, Haleh Kanani, and David DeMatteo34 Juveniles Sentenced to life in Australia – empirical findingsSimone J Deegan 35 Growing up incarcerated: A prisoner's perspective on the juvenile homicide offender experienceJohn Hovey (post-script by Carol Welch) 36 Juvenile homicide: Public perceptions and sentencing considerationsKirk Heilbrun and Heidi Zapotocky 37 Ethical considerations in sentencing juvenile homicide offenders to adult prisonBrian G. Sellers PART XIRelease, recidivism, and Prediction of juvenile homicide offenders 38 The Afterlife and discretional release of juvenile lifersSimon Singer 39 Juvenile homicide offenders: Synthesis of findings on recidivismNorair Khachatryan 40 Reentry Experiences and recidivism in a model programRobert 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 homicideMichael T. Baglivio and Kevin T. Wolff 42 Early Risk Factors for Juvenile and youthful homicide offenders in the Pittsburgh Youth StudyDavid P. Farrington, Lia Ahonen, and Rebecca M. StallingsPART XIIPrevention of juvenile violence 43 A character education perspective on preventing youth violenceMarvin W Berkowitz, John C. Gibbs, and Ann-Marie DiBiase44 Leveling the playing field: A developmental psychologist’s perspectiveDanielle Nesi and James Garbarino 45 A biopsychosocial approach to interventions for violent offendingOlivia Choy and Farah Focquaert 46 Juvenile offenders of homicide and prevention suggestionsKarissa R. Pelletier and Jesenia M. Pizarro PART XIIICharting the course for the future 47 Addressing Serious Juvenile Violence: Recommendations for Policy and PracticeJodi Lane 48 How to shift government policy from punishing to saving lives?Audrey Monette and Irvin Waller