Weapon Carrying and Use Among Juveniles

Emmert, Amanda D.; Lizotte, Alan J.

doi:10.1002/9781118513217.ch32

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“…Drug dealing. Cross-sectional and a handful of longitudinal studies have reported a link between drug dealing and gun carrying (Emmert & Lizotte, 2015;Lizotte et al, 2000;Lizotte, Tesoriero, Thornberry, & Krohn, 1994), such that youth who deal drugs are more likely to carry guns than nondrug dealers. However, it is unclear whether drug dealing and gun carrying are related because one causes the other, or because both are caused by another third variable or are symptoms of a general antisocial predisposition.…”

Section: Background Research On Specific Risk Factors For Gun Carryingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Distinguishing between-individual from within-individual predictors of gun carrying among Black and White males across adolescence.

Docherty¹,

Beardslee²,

Grimm³

et al. 2019

Law and Human Behavior

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Longitudinal studies have found that male adolescents who deal drugs, associate with delinquent peers, and engage in aggressive behavior are at increased risk for carrying a gun (between-individual risks). However, it is unclear whether changes in these risk factors help to explain fluctuations in youth gun carrying across adolescence (within-individual risks). The current study examined this issue using a community sample of 970 adolescent males (58% Black, 42% White) assessed annually from ages 14 to 18. Multilevel models examined the extent to which between-individual differences and withinindividual changes in drug dealing, peer delinquency, aggressive behavior, and neighborhood disadvantage were associated with gun carrying across adolescence. Each of these predictors, except for disadvantage, exerted a between-individual and within-individual influence for Black youth. For White youth, drug dealing was significant on both levels, peer delinquency was a significant between-individual predictor, and aggression was a significant within-individual predictor. Neighborhood disadvantage did not significantly predict gun carrying in the model, on either the between-or within-individual level, for Black or White youth. These results stress the importance of examining race-specific predictors of gun carrying among Black and White adolescents and point to drug dealing as a robust predictor of gun carrying, at both the between-individual and within-individual levels for youth of either race. Efforts to prevent drug market involvement and reduce aggressive behaviors in adolescence may in turn prove useful for preventing firearm violence. Public Significance StatementBlack and White males who deal drugs and affiliate with delinquent peers are more likely to carry a gun. In addition, Black and White males are more likely to carry a gun when they are dealing drugs or engaging in other aggressive behavior. Gun violence prevention programs may benefit from trying to focus on youth when they are engaging in these risky behaviors.

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Section: Background Research On Specific Risk Factors For Gun Carryingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Distinguishing between-individual from within-individual predictors of gun carrying among Black and White males across adolescence.

Docherty¹,

Beardslee²,

Grimm³

et al. 2019

Law and Human Behavior

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“…38 These concerns are perhaps driven by the fact that school shootings have been reported at nearly a weekly rate since 2012 (Everytown.org 2015b). While there is a wealth of research on the individual-level correlates of youth gun carrying (Emmert and Lizotte 2015), we know very little about whether specific policies may be leveraged to curb this behavior.…”

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confidence: 99%