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Neighborhoods, violence, and guns: Unraveling the drivers of youth gun carrying in adjudicated populations
This study addresses a critical gap in the literature by exploring the dynamic interplay between neighborhood conditions and victimization experiences on gun carrying among adjudicated youth, an underexplored topic in longitudinal research. The goal of this study is to examine the independent and interdependent effects of neighborhood conditions and victimization experiences on gun carrying across time. Through the lens of social disorganization theory, analysis of 11 waves of data from the Pathways to Desistance project shows that while neighborhood physical and social disorder alone do not significantly predict gun carrying, the combination of these factors with exposure to violence does have a significant impact. Specifically, witnessing violence amplifies the likelihood of gun carrying, particularly in unsafe neighborhoods. These results highlight the importance of addressing both environmental and social factors in efforts to reduce gun carrying among youth.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest.
Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.