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Ruback, R. Barry; Shaffer, Jennifer N.; Clark, Valerie A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Keeping firearms at home may increase personal safety but it may also increase the risk of injury. This study uses data from three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to assess the extent to which adolescents' easy access to firearms at home increases the risk of violent offending and violent victimization. Access to…
Descriptors: Violence, Safety, Adolescents, Victims of Crime
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Latzman, Robert D.; Swisher, Raymond R. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2005
Previous research has shown community violence to be detrimental to adolescent well-being, yet relatively little is known about how adolescents respond to violence in their community. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examines the interactive associations among exposure to street violence, adolescent…
Descriptors: Violence, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Correlation