2014
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111893
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Gun Possession among American Youth: A Discovery-Based Approach to Understand Gun Violence

Abstract: ObjectiveTo apply discovery-based computational methods to nationally representative data from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions’ Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System to better understand and visualize the behavioral factors associated with gun possession among adolescent youth.ResultsOur study uncovered the multidimensional nature of gun possession across nearly five million unique data points over a ten year period (2001–2011). Specifically, we automated odds ratio calculations for 55 risk b… Show more

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“…It is possible that the link between firearm carrying and substance use demonstrates a tendency for risky behaviours to cluster together in emerging adults, a tendency that has repeatedly been demonstrated in adolescents 15 18. For example, a recent study showed15 that recent gun possession by adolescents was strongly and consistently associated with alcohol, general tobacco use and selected other drug use over multiple rounds of the YRBS System.…”
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“…It is possible that the link between firearm carrying and substance use demonstrates a tendency for risky behaviours to cluster together in emerging adults, a tendency that has repeatedly been demonstrated in adolescents 15 18. For example, a recent study showed15 that recent gun possession by adolescents was strongly and consistently associated with alcohol, general tobacco use and selected other drug use over multiple rounds of the YRBS System.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, a recent study showed15 that recent gun possession by adolescents was strongly and consistently associated with alcohol, general tobacco use and selected other drug use over multiple rounds of the YRBS System. Why these risk behaviours tend to cluster together remains an important question.…”
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“…They should also be considered for more frequent implementation in various areas of the field and with various datasets. For example, a recent paper successfully used heatmaps and clustering to identify multiple risk factors associated with gun possession among youth based on national available data (Ruggles & Rajan, 2014). Discovery-based visualization methods could help researchers understand complex interrelationships among behaviors and help elucidate patterns that would not be clear using more traditional methods.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Las razones Briceño (10) las explica muy bien y, aunque en el estudio no se indagó la ubicación geográfica donde viven los adolescentes, es muy evidente que los jóvenes del colegio de estratos más bajos viven en una zona de mayor riesgo delincuencial (34) con los factores asociados que de seguro coexisten en tal zona. Es muy probable que, en este grupo de jóvenes, llevar un arma sea, o bien porque han sido agredidos (12,13,14) o, porque algunos ya están vinculados a pandillas o desarrollan prácticas delincuenciales (profesores del colegio de estratos 2 y 3 afirman que algunos jóvenes se dedican a expender drogas). ¿Cómo crear un ambiente escolar de más convivencia en colegios de estratos bajos?…”
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