RT Article
T1 Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Youth Firearm Access, Possession or Carrying
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 45
IS 5
SP 844
OP 864
A1 Mattson, Sabrina Arredondo
A2 Sigel, Eric
A2 Mercado, Melissa C.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764208412
AB Firearm homicide and suicide are the leading causes of violence-related injury deaths among U.S. youth. However, evaluations of the effectiveness of firearm violence prevention programs and strategies to reducing youth firearm violence are limited. To help inform and evaluate such efforts, this study aimed to identify risk and protective factors associated with youth firearm access, possession or carrying (for reasons other than hunting or target shooting) among a sample of U.S. urban youth in the Mountain West. Findings show the influence that youth violence risk (e.g., having friends engaged in delinquency; violence; drug sales; gang fights; exposure to violence; screening positive for violence risk) can have on youth firearm access, possession or carrying. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed.
K1 Delinquency
K1 Violence
K1 Adolescents
K1 Youth
K1 Firearm
K1 Gun
DO 10.1007/s12103-020-09521-9