Youth in detention and handguns

Callahan, Charles M.; Rivara, Frederick P.; Farrow, James A.

doi:10.1016/s1054-139x(08)80006-7

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“…Consistent with previous research, [6][7][8][9][10] we found firearms were readily accessible, although not always instantaneously, among the crime-involved youths in our study. Of every 10 respondents, 7 had possessed a gun at one time, and half had owned multiple guns.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Our findings concerning the source and manner of gun acquisition, prices paid, and strong preferences for new, high-powered guns are generally consistent with previous research. [6][7][8][9] While we believe the findings accurately reflect the experiences of the delinquent youths we interviewed, access to firearms among nondelinquent youths living in the same communities may be quite different. 6 Many youths in our study acquired guns through their contacts with others involved in illegal activities, and several stated that they would only buy a gun from someone they knew and trusted.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…4 Although youth gun carrying appears to have declined recently, 1 in 10 male high school students in 1997 reported having carried a gun during the past 30 days. 5 The preva-lence of gun carrying is much higher in selected samples of incarcerated youth, [6][7][8][9] and was as high as 84% in the largest study of incarcerated youths. 9 For many years, it was commonly assumed that little could be done about delinquent youths' access to firearms.…”

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confidence: 99%

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How Delinquent Youths Acquire Guns: Initial Versus Most Recent Gun Acquisitions

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2002

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How Delinquent Youths Acquire Guns: Initial Versus Most Recent Gun Acquisitions

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2002

Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine

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“…Of several studies reporting data on delinquent males in detention facilities, high rates of handgun possession were found: 97%; 9 83%; 11,24 70%; 2 59%. 25 Rates were somewhat lower among the male students in the inner-city schools: 22%; 24 25%. 26 Among male students in a study sample drawn from suburban schools, 19.5% possessed a regular and 16.5% an automatic handgun.…”

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confidence: 89%

Girls and Weapons: An International Study of the Perpetration of Violence

Erickson

Butters²,

Cousineau³

et al. 2006

J Urban Health

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The purpose of this study was to describe delinquent girls' weapons preferences and where and how often they carried weapons and to identify the most important factors that explained four different weapon-related violent outcomes. A large, high-risk sample of female adolescents consisting of 510 girls aged 14-17 in four cities were interviewed using the same questionnaire and methods. Tabular and logistic regression analyses were applied. Knives emerged as the most frequently reported weapon in all cities. Rates of both lifetime victimization and perpetration of violence with weapons were high in all sites. Starting to carry a weapon as a result of violence was reported by 40% of the girls in Toronto, 28% in Philadelphia, 25% in Amsterdam, and 16% in Montreal. The major predictors of weapon perpetrated violent behaviours included ethnic origin, early onset of delinquent activities, participation in delinquent acts in the past 12 months, gang fighting and carrying a weapon as a result of violence. Site, age and heavy alcohol consumption had a minor impact, and drug use, drug selling, and neighborhood features, none. Despite numerous differences in weapons' prevalence across cities, the logistic regression found that site was only significant in use of an object (Toronto) and not significant in threatening or hurting someone with either a knife or a gun or actually hurting others with a weapon. These findings suggest commonality in serious female violence that extends beyond borders and cultures.

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“…10,[15][16][17] Most of these studies focus on males. A primary factor associated with adolescent male gun carrying is the need for self protection;…”

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Gun Carrying and Drug Selling Among Young Incarcerated Men and Women

Kacanek

Hemenway

2006

J Urban Health

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This paper examines the relationship between illegal drug economy involvement, gun-related victimization, and recent gun carrying among young men and women incarcerated in a state prison in the United States. Interviews were conducted with 18-to 25-year old incarcerated men (n = 135) and women (n = 69) between July 1999 and October 2000. Forty-five percent of men and 16% of women reported carrying a gun in the year prior to incarceration. Respondents who sold crack cocaine or other drugs were more likely to have carried guns than those not selling drugs. However, hard drug use was not associated with gun carrying among men. All ten women who carried guns had used hard drugs. Sixty-seven percent of men and 28% of women had been shot at. Respondents who sold crack cocaine were at elevated risk of being shot at. Among men, selling crack (OR = 10.2, 95% CI = 2.5, 42.1) and ever being shot at (OR = 4.6, 95% CI = 1.7, 12.2), were associated with carrying guns. These findings provide further evidence of a link between crack selling (but not necessarily drug using) and gun carrying.

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Youth in detention and handguns

Cited by 38 publications

References 22 publications

How Delinquent Youths Acquire Guns: Initial Versus Most Recent Gun Acquisitions

How Delinquent Youths Acquire Guns: Initial Versus Most Recent Gun Acquisitions

Girls and Weapons: An International Study of the Perpetration of Violence

Gun Carrying and Drug Selling Among Young Incarcerated Men and Women

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