+ Violence exposure, psychological trauma, and suicide risk in a community sample of dangerously violent adolescents
- Author:
-
Flannery, D. J. / Singer, M. I. / Wester, K.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Topics:
-
Adolescents, Crime, Prevention, Students, Adolescents, Crime, Prevention, Adolescents, Crime, Prevention
- Keywords:
-
Adolescents, Gender, Suicide, Victimization, students
484 dangerously violent teenaged students (who shot or shot at someone or stabbed or attempted to stab someone in the past year) and matched controls were self-surveyed at 6 large urban, small city and...
read more >
+ Psychosocial Correlates of Dating Violence Victimization among Latino Youth
- Author:
-
Howard, Donna E. / Beck, Kenneth / Kerr, Melissa Hallmark / Shattuck, Teresa
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Adolescence
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
-
Age Group, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
-
Dating, District of Columbia; Washington, Suicide, Victims of Crime, Weapons
A total of 446 Latino adolescents 14-19 years old completed the Identity Positive Youth Development Survey for Latino Youth for a study of physical dating violence victimization. Approximately 9%...
read more >
+ Guns and juvenile crime
- Author:
-
Mocan, H. N. / Tekin, E.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Law & Economics
- Topics:
-
Age Group, Crime, Supply
- Keywords:
-
Adolescent, Gun availability, Victimization
Data from two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were used in an investigation of the effect of gun availability at home on robbery, burglary, theft, and property...
read more >
+ Gang membership, gun carrying: minority youth living in extreme poverty
- Author:
-
Spano R / Freilich JD / Bolland J
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
-
Age Group, Gun Carrying, Local, Students
- Keywords:
-
Alabama, Employment, Gang Membership, Substance Use, Violence Victimization
The authors analyzed two waves of longitudinal data (data over time) from impoverished youth in Mobile, Alabama exploring the role that gang membership, gun carrying and employment play in violence victimization...
read more >
+ The intention of adolescents to carry a knife or a gun: a study of low-income African-American adolescents
- Author:
-
Lane MA / Cunningham SD / Ellen JM
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- J Adolesc Health
- Topics:
-
Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
-
African-American, Gun carrying, Victimization, delinquency, knife carrying
The authors examined the motivation for African-American adolescents to carry a knife or a gun (specifically the roles of fear of victimization and prior history of delinquency), using a household-based...
read more >
+ Small-Town Bullying and Student-on-Student Aggression: An Initial Investigation of Risk
- Author:
-
Simanton, E. / Burthwick, P. / Hoover, J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of At-Risk Issues
- Topics:
-
Age Group, Gun Carrying, Students
- Keywords:
-
Bully, Victim, school
In this study, students from 17 small districts were surveyed as part of a safe and drug free school study. Approximately 13.7% of students reported being bullied, 16.3% bullied others, and 13.8% reported...
read more >
+ Relationship between Substance Use, Drug Selling, and Lethal Violence in 25 Juvenile Murderers
- Author:
-
McLaughlin C.R. / Daniel J. / Joost, T.F.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
-
Age Group, Criminology, Homicide
- Keywords:
-
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, CRIMINOLOGY, Crime Victims, HOMICIDE, Humans, male prisoners, risk factors, substance-related disorders, violence
This study, designed to ascertain the relationship between substance abuse, drug selling, and lethal violence in adolescent male homicide offenders and their victims, utilized data from criminal justice...
read more >
+ Firearms Research and the Crime Drop
- Author:
-
Rosenfeld, Richard
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Criminology & Public Policy
- Topics:
-
Crime, Criminology, Law Enforcement
- Keywords:
-
CRIME, HOMICIDE, UNITED States, Victims
The article lines an explanation of the drop in firearms violence during the 1990s and lessons that should be learned to avoid an increase. Previously it has been argued that growth in police and imprisonment...
read more >
+ Self-defense With guns: the Consequences
- Author:
-
Southwick Jr, L.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
-
Crime, Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
-
CRIME, Victim, guns, self-defense
In this study, uses data from the National Crime Victimization Study to explore the costs and benefits of being armed to criminals and potential victims. The results show that victims who have and use...
read more >
+ The Impact of Poverty, Fear of Crime, and Crime Victimization on Keeping Firearms for Protection and Unsafe Gun-storage Practices - A Review and Analysis with Policy Recommendations
- Author:
-
Vacha, E. F. / McLaughlin, T.F.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Urban Education
- Topics:
-
Crime, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Self-defense Gun Use/ Deterrence, Storage
- Keywords:
-
CRIME, POVERTY, crime victimization, gun storage, policy
The authors review the literature on firearm accidents among low income, urban children younger than 13, noting that the tendency of low-income families to keep unsecured protection guns may contribute...
read more >
+ Restraining Orders in California
- Author:
-
Sorenson, Susan B. / Haikang, Shen
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Violence Against Women
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
-
Domestic Violence, Ethnicity, Gender, Law Enforcement, State
- Keywords:
-
AFRICAN American women, California, RESTRAINING orders, Victims, WOMEN -- Crimes against
In 2003, there were 227,941 active restraining orders against adults in California; most were for domestic violence. Although state law prohibits the purchase or possession of a firearm by persons against...
read more >
