TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Handgun carrying among youth in the United States
JO  - Youth violence and juvenile justice
A1  - Vaughn, Michael G.
A1  - Salas-Wright, Christopher P.
A1  - Boutwell, Brian B.
A1  - DeLisi, Matt
A1  - Curtis, Mary P.
SP  - 21
EP  - 37
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1541-2040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204016629721
ID  - ref1
ER  -