+ Neighborhood Disorganization, and Violence Among Adolescents in Puerto Rico
- Author:
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Reyes JC / Robles RR / Colon HM / Negron J / Matos TD / Calderon J / Perez O
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Topics:
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Age Group, Local, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Puerto Rice, Resilience, Social Cohesion, Youth Violence
Using survey and interview data from a longitudinal study of risk and resilience among adolescents in poor neighborhoods in Puerto Rico, the authors assess the impact of neighborhood-level social and...
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+ Seen but not heard: Child soldiers suing gun manufacturers under the alien tort claims act
- Author:
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Morisseau N
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Cornell Law Review
- Topics:
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Age Group, International, Legislation and Policy, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Children, International, law, protection
The author examines how the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), as an instrument of international law, can allow child soldiers to hold weapons manufacturers accountable for the increased armed conflicts caused...
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+ Community norms on toy guns
- Author:
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Cheng, T. L. / Brenner, R. A. / Wright, J. L. / Sachs, H. C. / Moyer, P. / Rao, M.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Local, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Children, community norm, toy gun play
The authors evaluated community norms regarding toy gun play from the perspective from the parents’ perspective, administering a self-report questionnaire on child rearing attitudes, practice, and sociodemographic...
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+ Effects of gun admonitions on the behaviors and attitudes of school-aged boys
- Author:
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Hardy, M. S.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Dev Behav Pediatr
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Social Science, Students
- Keywords:
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African-American, Behavior, admonition, boy, gun
The author evaluated the impact of gun admonitions on boys’ preferences for and behavior in the presence of a gun, using a sample of 55, mostly African-American, boys from a summer camp for disadvantaged...
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+ Popular video games: Quantifying the presentation of violence and its context
- Author:
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Smith, S. L. / Lachlan, K. / Tamborini, R.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
- Topics:
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Age Group, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Violence, video games
The authors analyzed the content of 60 popular home video games for violence, using the National Television Violence Study and measuring violence for prevalence, context, means, repetitiveness and consequences...
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+ Psychosocial needs of young persons who are victims of interpersonal violence
- Author:
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Zun, L. S. / Rosen, J. M.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Ethnicity, Gender, Medical, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, African American, Male, psychosocial need
In this descriptive study, the authors assessed the psychosocial needs of victims of interpersonal violence, using a sample of 112 such victims aged 10 to 24 years and a specialized evaluation tool administered...
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+ The Costs of Gun Violence against Children
- Author:
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Cook, P. J. / Ludwig, Jens
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Health, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Community, Firearms, Safety, Violence, child violence
This article is based on research published in Gun Violence: The Real Costs, a book that develops an estimate for the overall costs of gun violence, including criminal assault, suicide and unintentional...
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+ Representations of Handguns by Young Adults in the US and UK
- Author:
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John E. Puddifoot, Leslie / Claire A. Cooke, Leslie
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, International, Public Opinion, Social Science, Students
- Keywords:
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COLLEGE students, GREAT Britain, GUN control, UNITED States, culture.
The authors examined the effect of location and gender on the attitudes to handguns on nine dimensions (whether handguns represent freedom, independence, power, danger, control, violence, or madness,...
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+ The Material Culture of Homicidal Fantasies
- Author:
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Crabb, P. B.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Aggressive Behavior
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Social Science, Students
- Keywords:
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Aggressive scripts, evolutionary psychology, homicidal fantasy, media effects, self-efficacy, weapons effect.
The aim of this study was to describe normal undergraduate students’ impulsive homicidal fantasies and the weapons used in these fantasies. A total of 295 participants enrolled at a university in the...
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+ Driving-induced Stress in Urban College Students
- Author:
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Rasmussen, C / Knapp, T.J. / Garner, L.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Driving-induced stress, guns, urban college students
Four hundred seven (407) urban college student commuters enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas were surveyed about their experiences with stress induced by driving. 23.6% of participants reported...
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+ Exposure to Community Violence in Adolescence: Trauma Symptoms
- Author:
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Rosenthal, B.S.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Adolescence
- Topics:
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Age Group, Mental Health, Social Science, Students
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, Violence, traumatic/psychological symptoms
Using data generated from surveying 455 adolescents drawn from a public, four-year college in New York City, the author examined to what extent the development of psychological symptoms in adolescents...
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