+ 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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+ 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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+ How Delinquent Youths Acquire Guns: Initial Versus Most Recent Gun Acquisitions
- Author:
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Webster, D. W. / Freed, L. H. / Frattaroli, S. / Wilson, M. H.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- J Urban Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Criminology, Supply
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Commerce, Maryland, juvenile delinquency
The authors examined how youth involved in criminal activities acquire guns, using interview data from 45 residents of a juvenile justice facility for males in Maryland. Two thirds of participants (n=30)...
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