+ Kids and Assault Weapons: Social Problem or Social Construction?
- Author:
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Ruddell, Rick / Decker, Scott H.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Criminal Justice Review
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Opinion
- Keywords:
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ASSAULT weapons, Children, juvenile delinquency, social problem
This study examined firearms recovered from juvenile offenders in national and city samples 1992-2000. Assault weapons are seldom used or possessed by juiniles in these samples (1.5% of all firearms recovered...
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+ Circling the welcome wagons: Area, income, race, and legal handgun concealment
- Author:
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Costanza SE / Kilburn JC, Jr
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Criminal Justice Review
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, State
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Gun carrying, state
The authors used state police records to determine the factors associated with differences in levels of concealed weapons permits across 64 Louisiana parishes. Ninety percent of permit holders were white,...
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