RT Article
T1 Exploring the Associations Between Community Gun Violence Exposure and Adolescent Delinquency: Evidence from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 40
IS 23/24
SP 5556
OP 5573
A1 Pei, Fei
A1 Li, Xiaomei
A1 Kang, Luyao
A1 Wang, Chenming
A2 Li, Xiaomei
A2 Kang, Luyao
A2 Wang, Chenming
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1941541232
AB In the past decades, an increasing body of research has delved into the mechanisms of adolescent delinquency from various perspectives, including individual characteristics, interpersonal relationships, school environments, and community settings. However, limited research focused on its association with community gun violence exposure. Utilizing data from 3,595 adolescents (M = 15.63, SD = 0.71) and their families, we examined how the number of gun violence incidents proximal to adolescents’ homes and schools was linked with their self-reported delinquent behaviors, controlling for other important individual, interpersonal, and community-level predictors of adolescent delinquency. Results revealed relationships between gun violence within 1,000 and 500 m of homes (but not schools) and adolescent delinquency; yet the direction of the relationship differs by distance.
K1 Path Analysis
K1 community crime
K1 adolescent delinquency
K1 Gun violence
DO 10.1177/08862605241305150