by Caitlin Clarkson Pereira | Aug 9, 2021
Despite a growing body of anecdotal evidence suggesting the spread of firearms to suburban juvenile populations, most studies of firearm activity by juveniles focus either on urban youth or on nationally representative samples that blur urban and nonurban...
by Caitlin Clarkson Pereira | Aug 9, 2021
Adolescent firearms-carrying is a risk factor for serious injury and death. Clinical screening tools for firearms-carrying have not yet been developed. We present the development of a preliminary screening test for adolescent firearms-carrying based on the growing...
by Caitlin Clarkson Pereira | Aug 9, 2021
Few studies to date have explored the issue of the extent to which young females possess and carry guns. We report here the results of a study of patterns of gun acquisition and gun carrying among a sample of female inner-city high school students in five prominent...
