Citation

Bingenheimer JB, Brennan RT, Earls FJ. Science 2005; 308(5726): 1323-1326.

Affiliation

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, 1420 Washington Heights, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA. bartbing@umich.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, American Association for the Advancement of Science)

DOI

10.1126/science.1110096

PMID

15919997

Abstract

To estimate the cause-effect relationship between exposure to firearm violence and subsequent perpetration of serious violence, we applied the analytic method of propensity stratification to longitudinal data on adolescents residing in Chicago, Illinois. Results indicate that exposure to firearm violence approximately doubles the probability that an adolescent will perpetrate serious violence over the subsequent 2 years.