TY - JOUR
T1 - Specifying the role of exposure to violence and violent behavior on initiation of gun carrying
T2 - A longitudinal test of three models of youth gun carrying
AU - Spano, Richard
AU - Pridemore, William Alex
AU - Bolland, John
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) received the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a cooperative agreement administered by the National Institute for Child and Human Development (HD300060) and by support from the University of Alabama, the cities of Mobile and Prichard, Alabama, the Mobile Housing Board, and the Mobile County Health Department.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Two waves of longitudinal data from 1,049 African American youth living in extreme poverty are used to examine the impact of exposure to violence (Time 1) and violent behavior (Time 1) on first time gun carrying (Time 2). Multivariate logistic regression results indicate that (a) violent behavior (Time 1) increased the likelihood of initiation of gun carrying (Time 2) by 76% after controlling for exposure to violence at Time 1, which is consistent with the stepping stone model of youth gun carrying, and (b) youth who were both exposed to violence at Time 1 and engaged in violent behavior at Time 1 were more than 2.5 times more likely to initiate gun carrying at Time 2 compared to youth who had neither of these characteristics, which supports the cumulative risk model of youth gun carrying. The authors discuss the implications of these findings in clarifying the role of violence in the community on youth gun carrying and the primary prevention of youth gun violence.
AB - Two waves of longitudinal data from 1,049 African American youth living in extreme poverty are used to examine the impact of exposure to violence (Time 1) and violent behavior (Time 1) on first time gun carrying (Time 2). Multivariate logistic regression results indicate that (a) violent behavior (Time 1) increased the likelihood of initiation of gun carrying (Time 2) by 76% after controlling for exposure to violence at Time 1, which is consistent with the stepping stone model of youth gun carrying, and (b) youth who were both exposed to violence at Time 1 and engaged in violent behavior at Time 1 were more than 2.5 times more likely to initiate gun carrying at Time 2 compared to youth who had neither of these characteristics, which supports the cumulative risk model of youth gun carrying. The authors discuss the implications of these findings in clarifying the role of violence in the community on youth gun carrying and the primary prevention of youth gun violence.
KW - African American youth
KW - exposure to violence
KW - gun carrying
KW - high-poverty neighborhoods
KW - violent behavior
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260511416471
DO - 10.1177/0886260511416471
M3 - Article
C2 - 21859763
AN - SCOPUS:83355173312
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 27
SP - 158
EP - 176
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 1
ER -
