Researchers and practitioners have a need for valid and generalizable typologies of juvenile homicide offenders (JHOs) to better understand the heterogeneous nature of JHOs, and use this knowledge to inform prevention efforts. Prior studies of JHOs have typically utilized a clinical approach, which is rich in data but based on small nonrepresentative samples, or relied on larger aggregate datasets which are more reliable but have few measures available. This study aimed to address these limitations by examining the latent heterogeneity (i.e. unapparent differences) in JHOs, their victims, and incident characteristics among more than 40,000 male JHOs arrested in the United States between 1976 and 2016 using latent class analysis, to allow for the objective identification of latent taxonomies. Six distinct subtypes of male JHOs are found in the analysis, which contributes to the theoretical and substantive knowledge base regarding JHOs, and may be used to develop and implement more effective interventions and violence prevention programs for these young offenders.

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因谋杀罪被捕的少年：对男性罪犯的潜在阶级分析

研究人员和从业人员需要有效且可概括的少年杀人犯 (JHO) 类型学，以更好地了解 JHO 的异质性，并利用这些知识为预防工作提供信息。先前对 JHO 的研究通常采用临床方法，该方法数据丰富但基于小的非代表性样本，或者依赖于更可靠但可用措施很少的更大的聚合数据集。本研究旨在通过使用潜在类别分析检查 1976 年至 2016 年间在美国被捕的 40,000 多名男性 JHO 中 JHO、他们的受害者和事件特征的潜在异质性（即不明显的差异）来解决这些限制，以允许潜在分类法的客观识别。