Correlates of Handgun Carrying Among Adolescents in the United States

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2003-2021

  Vaughn, Michael G ^a   Perron, Brian E ^b   Abdon, Arnelyn ^c   Olate, René ^d   Groom, Ralph ^a   Wu, Li Tzy ^e  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gang violence; gun violence; parental involvement; weapon carrying; youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861879073     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260511432150     Document Type: Article

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