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Firearms, Violence, and Youth in California, Illinois, Louisiana, and New Jersey, 1991
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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 full summary)
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06484.v1
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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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