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2017

Eastern Michigan University

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Juvenile Delinquency And Cause Of Death For Adolescents Between 13 And 17 Years In Detroit In 2015, Tao Lei Jan 2017

Juvenile Delinquency And Cause Of Death For Adolescents Between 13 And 17 Years In Detroit In 2015, Tao Lei

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

The records for the cause of death of 3 8 adolescents who died near Detroit, MI in 2015 were examined from case files at the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office. Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 years were more prone to being victims of violence than natural death, with a peak in violent deaths during the month of April. The majority of adolescents in this sample were Black males (58%). The manner of death among the majority of adolescents was accidental (47%), however the cause of death was all in a violent manner. The cause of death reported …