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superpredators  

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  • Superpredator is a term coined by John Dilulio to capture the spirit of immoral, violent, and out-of-control juveniles. In a 1995 article titled “The Coming of the Super-Predators,” Dilulio predicted that the juvenile crime and delinquency rates were headed for epidemic proportions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Superpredators]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/superpredators

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