RT Article
T1 Attitudes Towards Police and Weapon Carriage Among Adolescents
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 47
IS 2
SP 246
OP 265
A1 Cunningham, Mary C.
A2 Cobbina-Dungy, Jennifer
A2 Melde, Chris
A2 Abad, Daniel
A2 Almanza, Matthew
A2 Goldstick, Jason E.
A2 Zimmerman, Marc A.
A2 Heinze, Justin
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1883302730
AB While much is known about attitudes towards police and weapon carriage independently, it is unclear whether the two are associated. In the current study, we explored this potential association and whether it was moderated by race in a sample of adolescents. After adjusting for age, gender, perceived risk of victimization, and violence victimization, logistic regression models indicated that more positive attitudes toward police were associated with lower weapon carriage. In particular, among Black youth, the association between attitudes toward police and weapon carriage was larger than non-Black youth. Our results suggest that race plays an important role in this association. Efforts to build positive community-police relationships may be an effective strategy for reducing weapon carriage and ultimately, injury and fatality.
K1 Police
K1 Violence
K1 Weapon carrying
K1 Youth
DO 10.1007/s12103-021-09643-8