Age-Within-School-Class and Adolescent Gun-carrying
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Age-within-school-class and adolescent gun-carrying.
BACKGROUND Intentional injuries (suicide and homicide) are a leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Firearms cause approximately 70% of these fatal intentional injuries. Risk factors associated with gun-carrying in adolescent populations include male gender, smoking, alcohol use, drug use, and number of sexual partners. Current knowledge of these and other risk factors ...
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CONTEXT Despite the wide availability of guns in the United States, not all delinquent adolescents own guns and not all adolescent gun owners carry them at all times. Research about the factors that prevent high-risk youth from acquiring and carrying guns is limited. OBJECTIVE To determine, from the perspective of incarcerated adolescent males, factors that prevent acquiring or carrying guns,...
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OBJECTIVES We observed how perceptions of risks, costs, crime rewards, and violence exposure change as individual gun-carrying behavior changes among high-risk adolescents. METHODS We analyzed a longitudinal study (2000-2010) of serious juvenile offenders in Maricopa County, Arizona, or Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, assessing within-person changes in risk and reward perceptions, and viol...
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IMPORTANCE Gun violence and injuries pose a substantial threat to children and youth in the United States. Existing evidence points to the need for interventions and policies for keeping guns out of the hands of children and youth. OBJECTIVES (1) To examine the association between state gun law environment and youth gun carrying in the United States, and (2) to determine whether adult gun own...
متن کاملNational attitudes concerning gun carrying in the United States.
OBJECTIVES To determine public attitudes in the United States concerning gun carrying. SETTING In the past 15 years, many state legislatures have passed laws making it easier for United States citizens to carry concealed firearms, not only on the street but into various locations, including churches and government buildings. METHODS National random digit dial telephone surveys conducted in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatrics
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.5.e64