Violence and Gender: Reports from an Urban High School

Author: Scherzer, T. / Pinderhughes, H. L.
Publication: Violence Vict
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Topics: Gender Gun Carrying Students
Keywords: Adolescent Firearms Gender Risk Factors San Francisco
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The authors report the results of a survey examining urban high school students’ experiences with violence. They found that having a gun and having a close friend of family member injured by violence were the two main risk factors for use of violence. Overall exposure, victimization and perpetration of violence did not differ by gender.