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Direct linkHauser, Will; Kleck, Gary – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
Surveys show that more than one half of gun owners report owning their firearm for self-protection. Although research has examined the effect of fear of crime on gun ownership, the issue of reciprocity and temporal order has been largely ignored. Furthermore, the effect of firearm acquisition and relinquishment on fear has not been evaluated…
Descriptors: Fear, Ownership, Weapons, Crime
Brown, Ben; Benedict, Wm. Reed – Crime & Delinquency, 2004
This article presents data obtained from a survey of high school students in Brownsville, Texas. Almost half of the students reported having seen other students carry knives at school, roughly 1 in 10 reported having seen other students carry guns at school, and more than 1 in 5 reported being fearful of weapon-associated victimization at school.…
Descriptors: Weapons, Victims of Crime, Fear, High School Students
