Perceived Gun Access and Gun Carrying Among Male Adolescent Offenders.

IF 1.5 1区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice Pub Date : 2020-04-01 Epub Date: 2019-07-28 DOI:10.1177/1541204019865312

Spencer Keil, Jordan Beardslee, Carol Schubert, Edward Mulvey, Dustin Pardini

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Abstract

Gun violence takes a significant toll on adolescents in the United States, and there is a lack of longitudinal research on perceptual factors that drive gun carrying. Notably, there is no information on the relationship between perception of gun accessibility and gun carrying. Using data collected between 2000 and 2006 in the Pathways to Desistance Study, we examine the effects of perceived access to guns in a sample of adolescent offenders. A generalized estimating equations approach tested the effect of perceived gun access along with other known risk factors for gun carrying across time. Even after adjusting for these other risk factors, perceived gun access was significantly related to future carrying. Our findings support self-reported gun availability as a significant, population-based risk factor related to gun carrying in high-risk youth. Further research on how perceived access mediates the decision to carry guns would be valuable for formulating effective gun policy.

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青少年男性罪犯的枪支获取和持枪行为。

在美国，枪支暴力对青少年造成了巨大的伤害，而且缺乏对驱使携带枪支的感性因素的纵向研究。值得注意的是，没有关于枪支可及性感知与枪支携带之间关系的信息。我们使用2000年至2006年在“停止途径研究”中收集的数据，在青少年罪犯样本中检验了感知到获得枪支的影响。广义估计方程方法测试了感知枪支获取以及其他已知风险因素对枪支携带的影响。即使在调整了这些其他风险因素之后，感知到的枪支接触与未来的携带有显著关系。我们的研究结果支持自我报告的枪支可获得性是与高危青少年携带枪支相关的一个重要的、基于人群的风险因素。进一步研究感知获取如何影响携带枪支的决定，对于制定有效的枪支政策将是有价值的。

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Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides academics and practitioners in juvenile justice and related fields with a resource for publishing current empirical research on programs, policies, and practices in the areas of youth violence and juvenile justice. Emphasis is placed on such topics as serious and violent juvenile offenders, juvenile offender recidivism, institutional violence, and other relevant topics to youth violence and juvenile justice such as risk assessment, psychopathy, self-control, and gang membership, among others. Decided emphasis is placed on empirical research with specific implications relevant to juvenile justice process, policy, and administration. Interdisciplinary in scope, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice serves a diverse audience of academics and practitioners in the fields of criminal justice, education, psychology, social work, behavior analysis, sociology, law, counseling, public health, and all others with an interest in youth violence and juvenile justice.