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ERIC Number: EJ525367
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
A Profile of Rural Texas Adolescents Who Carry Handguns to School.
Kingery, Paul M.; And Others
Journal of School Health, v66 n1 p18-22 Jan 1996
Surveys of 8th and 10th graders regarding carrying weapons to school and associated risk factors compared those who carried guns with those who did not. Results found an enormous increase in guns at school over seven years. Most students had been crime victims and carried guns out of fear or anger. (SM)
Descriptors: Crime, Delinquency, Grade 10, Grade 8, Guns, Rural Schools, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics, Student Surveys, Violence
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Risk Taking Behavior; Texas