+ Towards an understanding of involuntary firearms discharges - Possible risks and implications for training
- Author:
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Heim, Christopher / Schmidtbleicher, Dietmar / Niebergall, Eckhard
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Education/Counseling, Law Enforcement, Students
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25 students participated in a series of trials that required them to move one limb while holding a pistol in order to identify factors that lead to accidental firearm discharges. Results suggest that...
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+ The effect of fear of sexual victimization on adolescent fear of crime
- Author:
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May, D. C.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Sociological Spectrum
- Topics:
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Adolescents, Crime, Students
- Keywords:
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Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, FEAR of crime, students
Using data from the Mississippi High School Youth Survey of 725 rural and suburban 10th through 12th grade students and theories of adult fear of crime, the author evaluates adolescent fear of sexual...
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+ Violence exposure, psychological trauma, and suicide risk in a community sample of dangerously violent adolescents
- Author:
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Flannery, D. J. / Singer, M. I. / Wester, K.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Adolescents, Crime, Prevention, Students, Adolescents, Crime, Prevention, Adolescents, Crime, Prevention
- Keywords:
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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...
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+ Evaluation of age-appropriate firearm safety interventions
- Author:
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Howard, P. K.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatr Emerg Care
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Students
- Keywords:
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Age Factors, Child Behavior, Health Education/ methods, Pediatric Nursing/methods, Safety
The authors compared three possible methods to teach firearm safety to children. 67 kindergarten and first grade students were divided into four groups and tested about their firearm safety knowledge...
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+ The influence of family violence on youth attitudes
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Slovak, Karen / Carlson, Karen / Helm, Linda
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
- Topics:
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Age Group, Domestic Violence, State, Students
- Keywords:
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Attitude, OHIO, Violence, Youth
In this study, approximately 450 middle and high school students from rural Ohio were surveyed about their attitudes towards guns and violence as well as about their past-year exposure to violence. The...
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+ Domestic Violence, Gun Ownership, and Parental Educational Attainment: How do They Affect the Aggressive Beliefs and Behaviors of Children?
- Author:
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Sprinkle, Julie
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
- Topics:
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Age Group, Domestic Violence, State, Students
- Keywords:
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Child, Student, Violence, aggression
Using data from 4 schools in 3 South Carolina counties, the author purports to explore the relationship between measures of aggressive behavior among 4-6th graders, county-level rates of domestic violence...
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+ Gang membership, gun carrying: minority youth living in extreme poverty
- Author:
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Spano R / Freilich JD / Bolland J
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Local, Students
- Keywords:
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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...
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+ Adolescent Violence: The Protective Effects of Youth Assets
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Aspy CB / Oman RF / Vesely SK / McLeroy K / Rodine S / Marshall L
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Counseling and Development
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Gun Carrying, Students
- Keywords:
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Gun carrying, inner-city, interview, physical fighting
The authors examined the association between demographic and social characteristics, and the prevalence of physical fighting and weapon carrying in adolescents attending school and in Grades 6 through...
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+ School connectedness and the transition into and out of health-risk behaviour among adolescents: A comparison of social belonging and teacher support
- Author:
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McNeely C / Falci C
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of School Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Prevention, Students, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Student, risky behavior, school, social belonging, teacher support
The authors examined the association between perceived teacher support and social belonging in the school community, and the initiation, escalation and reduction of participation in six adolescent health-risk...
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+ Guns, Gangs, and Gossip: An Analysis of Student Essays on Youth Violence
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Zimmerman MA / Morrel-Samuels S / Wong N / Tarver D / Rabiah D / White S
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Early Adolescence
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Legislation and Policy, Local, Public Health, Students
- Keywords:
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Michigan, Student, Violence, essay
The authors examined youth’s perspectives on violence, qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing essays from a national essay contest titled “Do the Write Thing” that were written by seventh- and eighth-grade...
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+ Suicide and friendships among American adolescents
- Author:
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Bearman PS / Moody J
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Health, Students, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Suicide Attempt, suicidal ideation, suicidility
The authors examined the association between friendship and suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among male and female adolescents, using data on 13465 adolescents from the 1994-1996 National Longitudinal...
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