Objective To specify the impact of first time gun carrying, by age, on violent behavior and gang membership in urban high risk youth. Methods A prospective longitudinal cohort study was conducted in Mobile, Alabama. This study compares first time gun carrying for...
Two waves of longitudinal data from a high-poverty sample of minority youth living in extreme poverty was used to determine if the nexus (or intersection) of gang membership T1, exposure to violence T1, and violent behavior T1 is a precursor of first time gun carrying...