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Firearms, Violence, and Youth in California, Illinois, Louisiana, and New Jersey, 1991
Principal Investigator(s): Sheley, Joseph F.; Wright, James D.; Smith, M. Dwayne
Summary: Violence committed by and against juveniles was the focus of this study. Two groups were examined: incarcerated (criminally active) juveniles and students in inner-city high schools, since these youths are popularly considered to engage in and experience violence (especially gun-related violence), to belong to urban street gangs, and to participate in the drug trafficking thought to lead to excessive gun violence. Self-administered questionnaires were completed by 835 male inmates in six ... (view details)
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06484
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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) , the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention .
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