+ Weapon-carrying at Swiss schools? A gender-specific typology in context of victim and offender related violence
- Author:
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Kuntsche EN / Klingemann HK
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- J Adolesc
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Gender, International, Students
- Keywords:
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Gender, Switzerland, Weapon, bullying, hitting
The authors examined the gender characteristics of violent behavior (bullying, hitting, weapon-carrying) among 15-year olds in Switzerland, using data from a cross sectional survey of a national representative...
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+ An overview of reported youth violence in Puerto Rico
- Author:
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Velez, C. N.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- P R Health Sci J
- Topics:
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Gender, Gun Carrying, Students
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, Gender difference, PUERTO Rico, SCHOOL violence
The author describes the prevalence of school and youth violence in Puerto Rico, after reviewing three 1990s surveys (CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, The Methods for the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent...
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+ High school students' attitudes about firearms policies
- Author:
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Vittes, K. A. / Sorenson, S. B. / Gilbert, D.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Adolesc Health
- Topics:
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Gender, Legislation and Policy, Students, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Attitude, firearm, gender differences, guns
The authors compared high school students’ attitudes about firearm policies with those of adults using information from the Hamilton Youth and Guns Poll, a national survey of high school students on their...
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+ Violence and Gender: Reports from an Urban High School
- Author:
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Scherzer, T. / Pinderhughes, H. L.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Violence Vict
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gender, Gun Carrying, Students
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Firearms, Gender, Risk Factors, San Francisco
The authors report the results of a survey examining urban high school students’ experiences with violence. They found that having a gun and having a close friend of family member injured by violence...
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