This study outlines theories of the impact of poverty, racial inequality, and participation in the illegal drug market on rates of juvenile firearm homicide. The authors looked at 109 cities across the... read more >

Using data collected from interviewing male adolescents and adults responsible for their care as well as data on these adolescents derived from inspecting school, police, court and social service agency... read more >

Using data from the New York City Police Department, The U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, the authors examined the role of drug use and new policing methods... read more >

The authors use two techniques for data analysis, i.e. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis and a group-based trajectory procedure, to classify the prevalence of violence in Chicago communities, using data... read more >

The authors analyzed two national surveys on firearm ownership of randomly selected adults, aged 18 or older, within each household in the mid 1990’s. After taking demographics into consideration the... read more >

Using data from the 1995 National Survey of Adolescent Males, a national representative sample of 15-17 year old males, the authors find that about 10% of these adolescents carry a firearm at least once... read more >

The authors used data from interviews of criminal offenders at a diagnostic and evaluation unit in the Midwest between November 1997 and December 1998 to evaluate 695 incidents in which the respondent... read more >

The authors examined the effect of victim self-protection during criminal incidents on the frequency of three outcomes: property loss, victim injury, overall serious injury, using data from the National... read more >