+ The supply and demand for guns to juveniles: Oakland's gun tracing project
- Author:
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Calhoun, D. / Dodge, A. C. / Journel, C. S. / Zahnd, E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Urban Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Local, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, California, Crime/statistics & numerical data, Firearms/ legislation & jurisprudence, Program Evaluation
Using police records and gun sale/registration information, data were collected for all gun crimes committed in Oakland, California between 1998 and 1999 in which a juvenile was either the suspect...
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+ Adolescent femicide - A population-based study
- Author:
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Coyne-Beasley, T. / Moracco, K. E. / Casteel, M. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Gender, Homicide, State
- Keywords:
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Firearms, criminal record, intimate violence, relatiionship abuse
The authors examined the context of adolescent femicide, using data from medical examiner reports for all 11- to 18-year-old female homicide victims from 1990 to 1995 in North Carolina and supplementing...
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+ Youth, Guns, and Violent Crime
- Author:
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Blumstein, Alfred
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Gun Carrying, Homicide, Law Enforcement, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Youth Violence, guns, juvenile delinquency, violent crime
The author examines the trends of homicide and robbery violence in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He notes that the increase in violence over that period was mostly because of...
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+ Adolescents Carrying Handguns and Taking Them to School: Psychosocial Correlates among Public School Students in Illinois
- Author:
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Williams, S. S. / Mulhall, P. F. / Reis, J. S. / DeVille, J. O.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- J Adolesc
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, State
- Keywords:
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Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Firearms, Illinois
The authors examined psychosocial correlates of adolescents carrying a handgun and bringing a handgun to school, using data from a survey of 21,981 public school students in 6th, 8th, and 10th grades...
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+ An Examination of the Relationships between Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology, and Delinquent Activity: An 'Ecopathological' Model of Delinquent Behavior among Incarcerated
- Author:
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Wood, Jenifer / Foy, David W. / Layne, Christopher / Pynoos, Robert / James, C. Boyd
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
- Topics:
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Age Group, Mental Health
- Keywords:
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Adolescence, Firearms, Juvenile Justice, community violence, delinquency
The prevalence of violence exposure and PTSD symptomatology among a sample of incarcerated adolescents is compared with that among a matched sample of high school students. Adolescents who have come to...
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+ The Rise and Decline of Homicide – and Why
- Author:
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Blumstein, A. / Rivara, F.P. / Rosenfeld R.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Annual Review of Public Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Domestic Violence, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Cocaine, Firearms, Violence, drugs
The authors review the homicide trends in the U.S. from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, noting that homicide rates increased dramatically in the latter half of the 1980s, peaked in the 1990s and then...
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+ An Effective Response to Teenage Crime is Possible - and Cities Are Showing the Way.
- Author:
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Levin, J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Law-Related Educational
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Students
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Schools, Weapons, Youth Violence, homicide prevention
Against the backdrop of a violent shooting on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School, in which 12 students and a teacher were killed and 24 others injured, the author reviews trends in homicide rates...
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+ Population Factors Associated with Assault-related Firearm Injuries in Male Adolescents.
- Author:
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McLaughlin, C.R. / Daniel, J. / Reiner, S.M. / Waite, D.E. / Reams, P.N. / Joost, T.F. / Anderson, J.L. / Gervin, A.S.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Adolescent Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Gender
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Firearms, Substance Use, Violence, juvenile offender
To identify factors associated with an increased prevalence of assault-related firearm injuries in male adolescents, two groups of adolescents from the Richmond, Virginia, metropolitan area were compared...
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