Violence, worry and trust in the emergence of weapon-carrying
This paper identifies longitudinal predictors of weapon-carrying in a sample of 10-25 year olds in England and Wales. It conceptualises weapon-carrying as anticipation of an adverse event and proposes hypotheses about the origins of weapon-carrying derived from the field of risk analysis. Specifical...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hull
Department of Criminology and Sociology, University of Hull
30.05.2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Rights Information: | CC BY 4.0 |
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| Summary: | This paper identifies longitudinal predictors of weapon-carrying in a sample of 10-25 year olds in England and Wales. It conceptualises weapon-carrying as anticipation of an adverse event and proposes hypotheses about the origins of weapon-carrying derived from the field of risk analysis. Specifically, it tests if worry about victimisation and experience of violence predict later weapon-carrying and assesses the moderating influence of trust in the police. The results indicate that worry about victimisation does not predict weapon-carrying, but experience of violence does. Distrust of police and peer criminality were also identified as important precursors to weapon-carrying. The study provides further evidence that weapon-carrying is a product of exposure to violence and criminogenic factors rather than a response to concern about victimisation. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| DOI: | 10.17605/OSF.IO/W6YN9 |