Author URLs
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2013
Subject: LCSH
Youth and violence
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract
Two waves of longitudinal data were used to examine the sequencing between violent victimization, violent behavior, and gun carrying in a high-poverty sample of African American youth. Multivariate logistic regression results indicated that violent victimization T1 and violent behavior T1 increased the likelihood of initiation of gun carrying T2 when examined separately (by 132% and 91%, respectively). However, only violent victimization T1 was a significant predictor of initiation of gun carrying T2 after controlling for violent behavior T1. More nuanced analyses uncovered no significant difference in the likelihood of initiating gun carrying when comparing offensive versus defensive gun carriers. The theoretical and policy implications of these findings are also discussed.
DOI
10.1177/0011128710372196
Repository Citation
Spano, Richard and Bolland, John, "Disentangling the Effects of Violent Victimization, Violent Behavior, and Gun Carrying for Minority Inner-City Youth Living in Extreme Poverty" (2013). Criminal Justice Faculty Publications. 6.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/criminaljustice-facpubs/6
Publisher Citation
Spano, R., & Bolland, J. (2010). Disentangling the Effects of Violent Victimization, Violent Behavior, and Gun Carrying for Minority Inner-City Youth Living in Extreme Poverty. Crime & Delinquency, 59(2), 191-213.
Comments
This is the authors' accepted manuscript ("post-print") of the article that appeared in Crime & Delinquency, 59(2), 191-213, http://cad.sagepub.com/content/59/2/191.refs, Copyright © 2015 by SAGE Publications. The published article may be accessed here .