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A Population-Based Study of Juvenile Perpetrators of Homicide in England and Wales
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Rodway, Cathryn; Norrington-Moore, Victoria; While, David; Hunt, Isabelle M.; Flynn, Sandra; Swinson, Nicola; Roscoe, Alison; Appleby, Louis; Shaw, Jenny – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
This study aimed to describe the social, behavioural and offence characteristics of all convicted perpetrators of homicide aged 17 and under; to examine their previous contact with mental health services, and to discuss strategies for homicide prevention. An eight-year (1996-2004) sample of 363 juvenile homicide perpetrators in England and Wales…
Descriptors: Health Services, Discipline Problems, Homicide, Mental Health Programs
"I've Been Sort of Laddish with Them... One of the Gang": Teachers' Perceptions of "Laddish" Boys and How to Deal with Them
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Jackson, Carolyn – Gender and Education, 2010
Concerns about schoolboy "laddish" anti-learning and/or anti-school cultures are pervasive in current education discourses. Mandates to tackle laddishness frequently assume that there is a common understanding of what laddishness means, and also that teachers will know how to tackle it. This article explores these assumptions, drawing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Males, Masculinity