superpredator
nounEtymology From super- + predator. Sociology sense coined by American political scientist John DiIulio in 1995.
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Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology A youth who repeatedly commits violent crimes, said to be a result of being raised without morals.
- In 1996 [DiIulio] authored an incendiary warning of a "rising tide of juvenile superpredators" [and in the National Review] "[a]ll that's left of the black community in […] urban America is deviant, delinquent, and criminal adults[.]"2001 February 9, Vincent Schiraldi, “DiIulio needs more scrutiny”, in Star News:
- Superpredators theoretically arise from dysfunctional homes, inadequate schools, and morally bankrupt communities.2005, Gus Martin, Juvenile justice: process and systems:
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Biology, Natural sciences A predator that eats other predators.