@article{ref1,
title="Cultural links to adolescent weapon carrying and weapon use: a cross-national study",
journal="International criminal justice review",
year="2018",
author="Wallace, Lacey N.",
volume="28",
number="2",
pages="118-135",
abstract="Although existing cross-cultural studies of adolescence have focused on topics including fighting, bullying, and gangs, little cross-national research has centered on weapon carrying. However, weapon carrying among youth has been identified as a worldwide concern, with significant variation by nation and region. This variation is not well understood. This article investigates the nation-level cultural and contextual determinants of adolescent weapon carrying, specifically focusing on human development, governmental corruption, and a nation's orientation toward violence. Data are drawn from 27 countries in the International Self-Report Delinquency Study, Wave Two. Analyses use multilevel logistic and ordered logistic regression models to assess associations with weapon carrying frequency, likelihood of carrying a weapon with friends, and age of weapon carrying onset. <br><br>RESULTS show that residing in a nation with less corruption is associated with a decrease in weapon carrying frequency, a later age of onset, and a lower likelihood of carrying a weapon with friends. Mixed results were found for interactions with a nation's orientation toward violence. Possible explanations for these results, practical implications, and directions for future research are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1057-5677",
doi="10.1177/1057567717723431",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1057567717723431"
}