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Gun Carrying by High School Students in Boston, MA: Does Overestimation of Peer Gun Carrying Matter?
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Direct linkHemenway, David; Vriniotis, Mary; Johnson, Renee M.; Miller, Matthew; Azrael, Deborah – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
This paper investigates: (1) whether high school students overestimate gun carrying by their peers, and (2) whether those students who overestimate peer gun carrying are more likely to carry firearms. Data come from a randomly sampled survey conducted in 2008 of over 1700 high school students in Boston, MA. Over 5% of students reported carrying a…
Descriptors: Weapons, Marketing, Youth, High School Students
Rothman, Emily F.; Johnson, Renee M.; Hemenway, David – Evaluation Review, 2006
Batterers with access to firearms present a serious lethal threat to their partners. The purpose of this exploratory study is to estimate the prevalence of and risk markers for gun possession among Massachusetts men enrolled in batterer intervention programs. The authors found that 1.8% of the men reported having a gun in or around their home.…
Descriptors: Males, Weapons, Gun Control, Family Violence
