@article{ref1,
title="Handgun carrying among youth in the United States",
journal="Youth violence and juvenile justice",
year="2017",
author="Vaughn, Michael G. and Salas-Wright, Christopher P. and Boutwell, Brian B. and DeLisi, Matt and Curtis, Mary P.",
volume="15",
number="1",
pages="21-37",
abstract="Despite a wealth of research finding that adolescents who carry handguns are involved in risky behaviors, there has been little exploration into the heterogeneity of this behavior. Using a pooled sample of 12- to 17-year-olds from the National Study on Drug Use and Health who report past-year handgun carrying (N = 7,872), this study identified four subgroups of handgun carriers: low risk (n = 3,831; 47.93%), alcohol and marijuana users (n = 1,591; 20.16%), fighters (n = 1,430; 19.40%), and severe externalizers (n = 1,020, 12.51%). These subgroups differed on demographic, behavioral, and psychosocial characteristics. <br><br>FINDINGS are discussed in light of prevention and focused deterrence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1541-2040",
doi="10.1177/1541204016629721",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204016629721"
}