RT Article
T1 Cultural Links to Adolescent Weapon Carrying and Weapon Use: A Cross-National Study
JF International criminal justice review
VO 28
IS 2
SP 118
OP 135
A1 Wallace, Lacey N.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1751082296
AB Although existing cross-cultural studies of adolescence have focused on topics including fighting, bullying, and gangs, little cross-national research has centered on weapon carrying. However, weapon carrying among youth has been identified as a worldwide concern, with significant variation by nation and region. This variation is not well understood. This article investigates the nation-level cultural and contextual determinants of adolescent weapon carrying, specifically focusing on human development, governmental corruption, and a nation’s orientation toward violence. Data are drawn from 27 countries in the International Self-Report Delinquency Study, Wave Two. Analyses use multilevel logistic and ordered logistic regression models to assess associations with weapon carrying frequency, likelihood of carrying a weapon with friends, and age of weapon carrying onset. Results show that residing in a nation with less corruption is associated with a decrease in weapon carrying frequency, a later age of onset, and a lower likelihood of carrying a weapon with friends. Mixed results were found for interactions with a nation’s orientation toward violence. Possible explanations for these results, practical implications, and directions for future research are discussed.
K1 Adolescence
K1 Corruption
K1 Cross-national
K1 Violence
K1 Weapon carrying
DO 10.1177/1057567717723431