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 Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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European journal of criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 1484-1505 |
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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, at least over longer periods, weapon-carrying is a product of experience of violence and criminogenic factors rather than a response to concern about victimisation. |
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| ISSN: | 1741-2609 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14773708211046193 |