Objectives This study identified behavioral and psychosocial/interpersonal factors in young adolescence that are associated with handgun carrying in later adolescence. Methods A sample of 2200 high school students was surveyed at 9th grade and again at 12th grade....
Objective To learn how, when, where, and why juvenile offenders acquire guns. Design Following acquisition of informed consent, we conducted semistructured interviews between June and November 1995 with a convenience sample of 63 juvenile offenders aged 13 through 18...
Objective To describe gun storage patterns in gun-owning families with children. Design Survey of parents attending participating of fices. Setting Twenty-nine urban, suburban, and rural pediatric practices in Chicago, Ill; New Jersey; Houston, Tex; Utah; Georgia;...
Objective To determine the prevalence of handgun ownership among urban high school youth and investigate associations with socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and deviant behaviors. Design Survey of half of the Seattle, Wash, public high schools, which enroll 50% of the...
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....
