+ Worldview of high-risk juvenile delinquents - Relationship to decisions to shoot
Author:
Goldberg, J. H.
Date:
2007
Publication:
Criminal Justice and Behavior
Topics:
Age Group, Criminology
Keywords:
Decision making, Juvenile delinquent, Violence
The authors administered surveys to 34 high-risk male delinquents between 15 & 18 years-old which included a scenario requiring a judgment to shoot or not. Those indicating a preference to shoot in the... read more >
+ GANGS, GUNS, AND DRUGS: RECIDIVISM AMONG SERIOUS, YOUNG OFFENDERS
Author:
Huebner, Beth M. / Varano, Sean P. / Bynum, Timothy S.
Date:
2007
Publication:
Criminology & Public Policy
Topics:
Age Group, Criminology
Keywords:
Drug Use, Gang, Recidivism, Survival Analysis
Using crime reports and surveys of 322 young men aged 17-24 years released from prison in a Midwestern state, the authors investigated the role that gang membership, gun use and drug dependence played... read more >
+ GANG MEMBERSHIP, DRUGS AND CRIME IN THE UK
Author:
Bennett T / Holloway K
Date:
2004
Publication:
British Journal of Criminology
Topics:
Age Group, Criminology, Gender, International
Keywords:
Behavior, Gang, United Kingdom
The authors examine the extent of gang membership in the United Kingdom and the association between gang membership and unhealthy behaviors (e.g. violent crime, drug trading, vandalism, drug misuse) using... read more >
+ Predicting Fatal Assault Among the Elderly Using the National Incident-Based Reporting System Crime Data
Author:
Chu LD / Kraus JF
Date:
2004
Publication:
Homicide Studies
Topics:
Age Group, Criminology, Homicide, U.S./National
Keywords:
Mortality, assault, elderly violence
The authors describe the characteristics of homicide and assault victims and evaluate the use of victim and offender demographic characteristics, victim-offender relationship, weapons used, circumstances,... read more >
+ Serious youth gun offenders and the epidemic of youth violence in Boston
Author:
Braga, A. A.
Date:
2003
Publication:
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Topics:
Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Local
Keywords:
Boston, Epidemic, Violence, Youth, offender
The author analyzed criminal history data of a sample of 720 gun assault and gun possession offenders younger than 24 years old, arrested between 1984 and 1995 in Boston, to examine whether the criminal... read more >
+ Adolescent femicide - A population-based study
Author:
Coyne-Beasley, T. / Moracco, K. E. / Casteel, M. J.
Date:
2003
Publication:
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Topics:
Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Gender, Homicide, State
Keywords:
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... read more >
+ Deadly demographics: Population characteristics and forecasting homicide trends
Author:
Fox, J. A. / Piquero, A. R.
Date:
2003
Publication:
Crime & Delinquency
Topics:
Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Homicide, U.S./National
Keywords:
Supplementary Homicide Reports, demographics, homicide rate
The authors examined the effect of demographic change on the changes in homicide rates that occurred during the 1990s using data from FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) for the period 1976-1999... read more >
+ Adolescents Carrying Handguns and Taking Them to School: Psychosocial Correlates among Public School Students in Illinois
Author:
Williams, S. S. / Mulhall, P. F. / Reis, J. S. / DeVille, J. O.
Date:
2002
Publication:
J Adolesc
Link to Published Abstract
Topics:
Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, State
Keywords:
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... read more >
+ An Examination of the Relationships between Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology, and Delinquent Activity: An 'Ecopathological' Model of Delinquent Behavior among Incarcerated
Author:
Wood, Jenifer / Foy, David W. / Layne, Christopher / Pynoos, Robert / James, C. Boyd
Date:
2002
Publication:
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
Topics:
Age Group, Mental Health
Keywords:
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... read more >
+ Gun Availability and Violent Crime: New Evidence from the National Incident-Based Reporting System
Author:
Stolzenberg, L. / D’Alessio, S.J.
Date:
2000
Publication:
Social Forces
Topics:
Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy
Keywords:
GUN control, VIOLENT crimes, Youth, firearm availability, gun crimes
Using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System for South Carolina from 1991 to 1994, the authors explore how gun availability is related to violent crime, gun crime, youth gun crime and... 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 >
 

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