Disentangling the Effects of Violent Victimization, Violent Behavior, and Gun Carrying for Minority Inner-City Youth Living in Extreme Poverty

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-213

  Spano, Richard ^a   Bolland, John ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

gun carrying; high poverty sample; minority youth; violent behavior; violent victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874481616     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710372196     Document Type: Article

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