%0 Journal Article
%T Handgun carrying among youth in the United States
%J Youth violence and juvenile justice
%D 2017
%A Vaughn, Michael G.
%A Salas-Wright, Christopher P.
%A Boutwell, Brian B.
%A DeLisi, Matt
%A Curtis, Mary P.
%V 15
%N 1
%P 21-37
%X 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>
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 1541-2040
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204016629721