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BOOKS

Heide, K. M. (1992). Why Kids Kill Parents: Child Abuse and Adolescent Homicide. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press (Cloth); (1995) Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications (paperback).

Heide, K. M. (1999). Young Killers: The Challenge of Juvenile Homicide. Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications (paperback).

Merz-Perez, L. & Heide, K. M.(2004). Animal Cruelty: Pathway to Violence Against People. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Heide, K. M. (1983). An Empirical Assessment of the Value of Using Personality Data in Restitution Outcome Prediction. In W. S. Laufer & J. M. Day (Eds.), Personality Theory, Moral Development and Criminal Behavior (pp. 251-277). Lexington, Mass: D.C. Heath and Company.

Heide, K. M. & Mauser, A. (1991). Learning Disability and Giftedness as Potential Contributing Factors to Double Homicide by Youth: Explanation and Prevention of Future Tragedies. In R. Greene (Ed.), Mainstreaming Retardation Delinquency (pp. 183-196). Lancaster, PA.: Technomic Publishing Co.

Heide, K. M. & Mauser, A. (1991). A Teaching Philosophy to Reduce the Risk of Violent Behavior by Special Education Students. In R. Greene (Ed.), Mainstreaming Retardation Delinquency (pp. 197-205). Lancaster, PA.: Technomic Publishing Co.

Heide, K. M. (1993). Adolescent Parricide Offenders: Synthesis, Illustration, and Future Directions. In A. Wilson (Ed.), Homicide: The Dynamics of the Victim-Offender Interaction (pp. 115-134). Cincinnati, OH.: Anderson Publishing Company.

Heide, K. M.(1999). Youth Homicide: An Integration of Psychological, Sociological, and Biological Approaches. In M. D. Smith and M. Zahn (Eds.), Homicide Studies: A Sourcebook of Social Research (pp. 221-238). Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Heide, K. M. (1999). Youth Homicide. In M. D. Smith & M. Zahn (Eds.), Studying and Preventing Homicide: Issues and Challenges (pp.175-196). Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Keeney, B. & Heide, K. M. (2000). Defining Serial Murder. In L. Gerdes (Ed.), Serial Killers (pp. 15-21). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted article)

Keeney, B. & Heide, K. M. (2000). Gender Differences in Serial Murder. In L. Gerdes (Ed.), Serial Killers (pp. 54-63). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted article)

Heide, K. M. (2003). Youth Homicide: A Critical Review of the Literature and a Blueprint for Action. In A. Roberts (Ed.), Critical Issues in Criminal Justice (pp. 212-234). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Heide, K. M. (2004). Juvenile Homicide Encapsulated. In A. Roberts (Ed.), Juvenile Justice Sourcebook(pp. 423-464). New York: Oxford University Press.

Merz-Perez, L., Heide, K.M., & Silverman, I.J. (2008). Childhood Cruelty to Animals and Subsequent Violence Against Humans. In C.P. Flynn (Ed.). Social Creatures: A Human and Animal Studies Reader (pp.  190-206). New York: Lantern Books.

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Heide, K. M. (1986). A Taxonomy of Murder: Motivational Dynamics Behind the Homicidal Acts of Adolescents. The Journal of Justice Issues, 1, 4-19.

Heide, K. M. and Pardue, B. W. (1986). Juvenile Justice in Florida: A Legal and Empirical Analysis. Law and Policy, 8(4), 437-462.

Heide, K. M. (1988). Dreams, Delusions, Disappointments, Dollars, and Dilemmas: The Juvenile Justice System in the Late 1980s. Judicature, 72(3), 190-194.

Heide, K. M. (1989). Parricide: Incidence and Issues. The Justice Professional, 4(1), 19-41.

Heide, K. M. & Solomon, E. P. (1992). Intervention Strategies for Victims of Sexual Abuse: A Model for Building Self-Esteem. International Review of Victimology, 2(2), 147-155.

Kuhns, III, J. B., Heide, K. M., & Silverman, I. J. (1992). Substance Use/Misuse Among Female Prostitutes and Female Arrestees. The International Journal of the Addictions, 27(11), 1283-1292.

Kuhns, III, J. B. & Heide, K. M. (1992). AIDS-Related Issues Among Female Prostitutes and Female Arrestees. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 36(3), 231-245.

Scudder, R. G., Blount, W. R., Heide, K. M., & Silverman, I. J. (1993). Important Links Between Child Abuse, Neglect, and Delinquency. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 37(4), 315-323.

Heide, K. M. (1993). Parents Who Get Killed and the Children Who Kill Them. The Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8(4), 531-544.

Heide, K. M. (1993). Juvenile Involvement in Multiple Offender and Multiple Victim Parricides. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 9(2), 53-64.

Heide, K. M. (1993). Weapons Used by Juveniles and Adults to Kill Parents. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 11, 397-405.

Heide, K. M. (1994). Evidence of Child Maltreatment Among Adolescent Parricide Offenders. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 38(2), 151-162.

Keeney, B. & Heide, K. M. (1994). Gender Differences in Serial Murderers: A Preliminary Analysis. The Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 9(3), 383-398.

Keeney, B. and Heide, K. M. (1995). Serial Murder: A More Accurate and Inclusive Definition. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 39(4), 299-306.

Heide, K. M. (1995). Dangerously Antisocial Children Who Kill Parents. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 10(4), 10-14.

Heide, K. M. (1996). Why Kids Keep Killing: The Correlates, Causes, and Challenge of Juvenile Homicide. Stanford Law and Policy Review, 7(1), 43-49.

Heide, K. M. (1997). Juvenile Homicide in America: How Can We Stop the Killing? Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 15, 203-220.

Heide, K. M. & Solomon, E. P. (1997). Mental Health Professionals in Forensic Arenas. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 12(2), 35-41.

Heide, K. M. & Solomon, E. P. (1998). Music Preferences as Data in Assessing and Treating Victims and Offenders. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 13(2), 1-14.

Solomon, E. P. & Heide, K. M. (1999). Type III Trauma: Toward a More Effective Conceptualization of Psychological Trauma. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 43(2), 202-210.

Van Voorhis, P., Heide, K. M. Palmer, T., & Rosenbaum, J. (1999). Marguerite Q. Waren: A Career of Academic Excellence, Distinguished Research, and Gifted Pedagogy. Women and Criminal Justice, 10(3), 3-29.

Cochran, J., Rowen, K., Blount, W., Heide, K. M., & Sellers, C. (1999). Beer joints and bad assess: An aggregate level of alcohol availability and violent crime. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 9(3), 465-495.

Heide, K. M. (2000). Six Concentrated Strategies to Reduce Youth Violence in the United States. Barry Law Review, 1(1), 143-157.

Heide, K. M., Spencer, E., Thompson, A., & Solomon, E. P. (2001). Who' In, Who's Out, and Who's Back: Follow-Up Data on 59 Juveniles Incarcerated for Murder or Attempted Murder in the Early 1980s. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 19, 97-108.

Merz-Perez, L., Heide, K. M., & Silverman, I. (2001). Childhood Cruelty to Animals and Subsequent Violence Against Humans. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 45(5), 556-573.

Heide, K. M. (2003). Youth Homicide: A Review of the Literature and a Blueprint for Action. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 47(1), 6-36.

Heide, K. M. & Solomon, E. P. (2003). Treating Today's Juvenile Homicide Offenders. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 1(1), 5-31.

Cochran, J., Boots, D., & Heide, K. M. (2003). Attribution Styles and Attitudes Towards Capital Punishment for Juveniles, the Mentally Incompetent, and the Mentally Retarded. Justice Quarterly, 20(1), 65-93.

Boots, D., Cochran, J., & Heide, K. M. (2003). Attribution Styles and Attitudes Towards Capital Punishment for Juveniles, the Mentally Incompetent, and the Mentally Retarded. Justice Quarterly, 20(1), 65-93.

Boots, D., Cochran, J., and Heide, K. M. (2003). Capital Punishment Preferences for Special Offender Populations. Journal of Criminal Justice, 31, 553-565.

Falkenbach, D. M., Poythress, N. G., & Heide, K. M. (2003). Psychopathic Features in a Juvenile Diversion Population: Reliability and Predictive Validity of Two Self-Report Measures. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 21(6), 787-805.

Boots, D., Heide, K. M. & Cochran, J. K., (2004). Death Penalty Support for Special Offender Populations: Juveniles, the Mentally Retarded, and the Mentally Incompetent. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 223-238.

Solomon, E. P. & Heide, K. M. (2005). The Biology of Trauma: Implications for Treatment. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20(1), 51-60 (Special 20th Anniversary Issue).

Heide, K. M., Boots, D., Alldredge, C., Donerly, B., & White, J. R. (2005). Battered Child Syndrome: An Overview of Case Law and Legislation. Criminal Law Bulletin, 41(3), 219-239.

Heide, K.M. & Solomon, E.P. (2006). Biology, Childhood Trauma, and Homicide: Rethinking Justice. International Journal of Law& Psychiatry, 29, 220-233.

Boots, D.P. & Heide, K.M. (2006). Parricides in the Media: A Content Analysis of Available Reports Across Cultures.  International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 50, 418-445.

Heide, K.M. & Petee, T.A. (2007). Parricide: An Empirical Analysis of 24 Years of Data. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23(11),1382-1399

Heide, K.M. & Petee, T.A. (2007). Weapons Used by Juveniles and Adult Offenders in U.S. Parricide Cases. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22(11), 1400-1414.

Heide, K.M. & Boots, D. P. (2007).  Comparative Analysis of Media Reports of U.S. Parricide Cases with Officially Reported National Crime Data. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 51(6), 646-675.

Chan, H.C. & Heide, K.M.  (2008). Weapons Used by Juveniles and Adult Offenders in Sexual Homicides: An Empirical Analysis of 29 Years of U.S. Data.  Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling,  5, 189-208.

Chan, H.C. & Heide, K.M. (2009). Sexual Homicide: A Synthesis of the Literature. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 10(1), 31-54.

Heide, K.M., Beauregard, E., & Myers, W.C. (2009). Sexually Motivated Child Abduction Murders: Synthesis of the Literature and Case Illustration. Victims & Offenders, 4(2), 58-75. 

Heide, K.M.  & Solomon, E.P.  (2009). Female Juvenile Murderers:  Biological and Psychological Dynamics Leading to Homicide.   International Journal of Law & Psychiatry, 32, 244-252.

Solomon, E.P., Solomon, R., & Heide, K.M. (2009).  EMRD:  An Evidence-Based Treatment for Victims of Trauma.  Victims & Offenders, 4(4), 391-397.

Heide, K.M. & Frei, A.  Matricide:  A Critique of the Literature.  (2010). Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 11(1), 3-17.

Heide, K.M. & McCurdy, J.L.  (2010). Juvenile Parricide Offenders Sentenced to Death.  Victims & Offenders, 5(1), 76-99.

Chan, H.C., Myers, W.C., & Heide, K.M. (2010). An Empirical Analysis of 30 Years of U.S. Juvenile and Adult Sexual Homicide Offender Data: Race and Age Differences in the Victim-Offender Relationship. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 55(5), 1282-1290.

Chan, H.C., Heide, K.M. & Beauregard, E. (In press). What Propels Sexual Murderers:  A Proposed Integrated Theory of Social Learning and Routine Activities Theories.  Accepted for publication, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, January 2010.  Expected publication date, late 2010, early 2011. (Available on line)

Atchison, A.J. & Heide, K.M.  (In press).  Charles Manson and the Family:  The application of sociological theories to multiple murder. Accepted for publication, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, April 2010.  Expected publication date, 2011. (Available on line)

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

Heide, K. M. Parricide. (2000). In R. Gottesman & R.M. Brown (Eds), Violence in America: An Encyclopedia (pp. 504-508). New York: Scribner Reference.

Heide, K. M. (2001). Juvenile Violence in the United States. In Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, (pp. 345-348). Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.

Heide, K. M. (2003). Matricide and Patricide. In M. McShane & F. P. Williams, III (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice (pp. 239-242). New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC.

Heide, K. M. Aggravating and Mitigating Circumstances. (2003). In E. Hickey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime (pp. 3-5). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Heide, K. M. Child Abuse: Treatment and Prevention. (2003). In E. Hickey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime (pp. 74-77). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Heide, K. M. Violent Behavior: Personality Theories. (2003). In E. Hickey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime (pp. 498-502). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Heide, K. M. Violent Behavior: Psychoanalytic Theories. (2003). In E. Hickey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime (pp. 502-505). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Heide, K. M. Violent Behavior: A Psychological Case Study. (2003). In E. Hickey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime (pp. 506-509). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Heide, K. M. Juvenile Offenders. (2003). In E. Hickey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime (pp. 261-265). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Heide, K. M. Juvenile Killers. (2003). In E. Hickey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime (pp. 257-260). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Heide, K.M. Parricide. (2007). In N. Jackson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence(pp. 530-536). New York: Routledge.

Heide, K. M. Criminology. (2010). In I. Weiner (Ed.), Corsini's Encyclopedia of Criminology. New York: John Wiley and Sons.  

Heide, K. M. (2010).  Parricide.  In B.Fisher & S. Lab (Ed.), Encylopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 

Heide, K.M. Adolescent Parricide Offenders.  In J.R. Levesque (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. New York: Springer Publishing Company.  Accepted for publication, October 2009, expected publication date, late 2010, early 2011.

Heide, K.M. Juvenile Homicide Offenders.  In J.R. Levesque (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. New York: Springer Publishing Company.  Accepted for publication, October 2009, expected publication date, late 2010, early 2011.

EDITORIALS/FOREWORD

Heide, K. M. (1997). Associate Editor's Editorial: Killing Words. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 41(1), 3-8.

Heide, K. M. (1999). Consulting Editor's editorial: Juvenile Mass Murderers -- A New Breed or an Old Problem. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 43(1), 5-7.

Heide, K. M. (2000). Foreword to Ken Wooden's Weeping in the Playtime of Others (Columbus, OH: Ohio University Press).

Heide, K. M. (2001). Consulting Editor's editorial: Female Juvenile Murderers: Beyond the Grace Factor. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 45(3), 275-277.

Heide, K. M. (2001, June 4). Punto Final! -- Hispanic Youths Who Kill: It Is Time to Know More. Hispanic Outlook, back page of publication.

BOOK REVIEWS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Heide, K. M. (1988). Review of Children and Criminality by R. B. Flowers. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 79(1), 257-261.

Heide, K. M. (1990). Review of Duty Bound-Elder Abuse and Family Care by S. K. Steinmetz. Criminal Justice Review, 15(2), 259-260.

Heide, K. M. (1991). Review of Serial Murder An Elusive Phenomenon by S. A. Egger. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 81(4), 1102-1105.

Heide, K. M. (1994). Review of To Kill Again: The Motivation and Development of Serial Murder by D. Sears. Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, 5 (2), 119-124.

Heide, K. M. (1996). Review of Intimate Violence in Families, 2nd. Ed. By R. J. Gelles & C. P. Cornell. Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, 7(2), 91-94.

Heide, K. M. (1996). Review of Ending Men's Violence Against Their Partners. By R. A. Stordeur & R. Stille. Journal of Women and Criminal Justice, 8(1), 97-100.

Heide, K. M. (1999). Review of Treatment of Offenders with Mental Disorders. Edited by R. M. Wettstein. Criminal Justice Review, 24(2), 212-214.

Heide, K. M. (2001). Review of Blind-Sided: Homicide Where It Is Least Expected. By G. K. Moffatt. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16(12), 1349-1352.

PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER NON-REFEREED ARTICLES

Heide, K. M. (1983). An Assessment of Personality Development Among a Sample of Adolescent Murderers. In T. Palmer (Ed.), The Differential View: The IDTA Seventh Annual Conference Proceedings(pp. 10-26).

Heide, K. M. (1984). Review of Under the Gun: Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America. By J. D. Wright & K. Daly. The Tampa Tribune(February 12).

Heide, K. M. (1992). Why Kids Kill Parents.  Psychology Today(Sept / Oct), pp. 62-66, 76-77.

Keeney, B. T. & Heide, K. M. (1993).  What's New in Serial Murder Research. Violence Update Vol. 4(3), Feature Story, November.

Heide, K. M. (1995). Issue Paper: Why Kids Kill Parents. In L. Territo, J. B. Halsted, M. L. Bromley, Crime and Justice in America: A Human Perspective (4th ed.) (pp. 723-726). St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1995; re-printed (5 th ed., 1999).

Heide, K. M. (1994). Homicide: 25 Years Later. In M. Moore (Ed.), Economic and Social Issues in the New South: Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity Conference Proceedings,September 1992 (pp. 64-84). Tampa, FL: Institute on Black Life, University of South Florida.

Heide, K. M. (1995). The Menendez Murders: Parricide in Perspective. In C. & R. Block (Eds.), Trends, Risks, and Interventions in Lethal Violence: Proceedings of the Third Annual Spring Symposium of the Homicide Research Working Group , Atlanta, Georgia, June 1994, (pp. 191- 194). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Heide, K. M. (1997). Juvenile Homicide in the United States: Trends and Contributing Factors. In M. Reidel (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Homicide Research Working Group, Ottawa, Canada, June 1995 (pp. 129-133). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Heide, K. M. (1997). Young Killers: The Challenge of Juvenile Homicide. In M. Reidel (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Homicide Research Working Group, Ottawa, Canada, June 1995 (pp. 29-33). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Heide, K. M. (1997). Dangerously Antisocial Kids Who Kill Their Parents: Understanding the Phenomenon Better. In P. Latimore (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Homicide Research Working Group, Santa Monica, CA, June 1996 (pp. 228-233). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Heide, K. M. (1999). Today's Music and Youth Violence. In Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998, Sheperdstown, West Virginia, and Ann Arbor, MI, June (pp. 93-104). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Heide, K. M. (1999). 1998 Keynote Address: School Shootings and Youth Violence–What's Going on in the U.S.? In Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998, Sheperdstown, West Virginia, and Ann Arbor, MI, June (pp. 116-130). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Heide, K. M. (1999). Reducing Youth Violence in the 21st Century. In Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998, Sheperdstown, West Virginia, and Ann Arbor, MI, June (pp. 265-284). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Heide, K. M., Hopkins E. C., & Spencer, E. (2000). School Shootings in the United States: A Typology of Lethal and Nonlethal Injury. In P.H. Blackman, V.L. Leggett, B.L. Olson, & J.J. Jarvis (Eds.), Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meeting1999, Chicago, Illinois, June (pp. 174-178). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Heide, K. M. & Petee, T. (2003). Parents Who Get Killed and the Children Who Kill Them: An Examination of 24 Years of Data. In C. R. Block and R. L. Block (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2003 Homicide Research Working Group Annual Symposium , Sacramento, California, June (319-335). Chicago, IL: Homicide Research Working Group.

Bowman, M. A., Territo, L., & Heide, K.M. (2000). Stress and the Police Officer. The Florida Police Chief, 26(1), 24-28.

MONOGRAPHS AND REPORTS PREPARED FOR STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES

Heide, K. M. (1981). Massachusetts Parole Board: A Description of Case Processing. Prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, March.

Heide, K. M. & Van Voorhis, P. (1981). An Empirical Assessment of the Relationship of I-Level and Moral Judgment to Restitution Outcome. Prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, NIJ, October.

Heide, K. M. (1981). The Youth Assistance Program from Three Behavioral Perspectives. Prepared for the New York Department of Correctional Services, Program Research and Evaluation Unit, December.


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