How youthful offenders perceive gun violence.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schwabe, William; Goldberg, Julie H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica : Rand Corporation, 1999.
Subjects:
Firearms and crime > California > Los Angeles.
Gang members > California > Los Angeles > Attitudes.
Juvenile delinquency > California > Los Angeles > Prevention.
Juvenile delinquents > California > Los Angeles > Attitudes.
Youth and violence > California > Los Angeles.
Armes à feu et criminalité > Californie > Los Angeles.
Gangsters > Californie > Los Angeles > Attitudes.
Délinquance juvénile > Californie > Los Angeles > Prévention.
Jeunes délinquants > Californie > Los Angeles > Attitudes.
Violence chez les jeunes > Californie > Los Angeles.
Firearms and crime
Gang members > Attitudes
Juvenile delinquency > Prevention
Juvenile delinquents > Attitudes
Youth and violence
California > Los Angeles
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PREFACE
  • SUMMARY
  • Focus of this research project
  • Perceptions that might influence gun- related behaviors
  • Each set of perceptions could lead to a different policy
  • Methodology
  • Structure of the survey
  • Demographics
  • Most of the youth were in gangs, but many expressed intent to get out
  • Delinquent acts
  • Exposure to community-level violence
  • Personal and vicarious victimization
  • Justifications for gun use
  • Perceived choice to carry a gun
  • Justifications for carrying a gun
  • Negative future expectations
  • Expectations of future gun victimization.
  • Protection from victimization
  • Perceived aversion to probation or incarceration
  • Positive future expectations
  • The scenario
  • Values and choices under scenario assumptions
  • Average perceived risks under scenario assumptions
  • Sensitivity to context
  • Characteristics of shooters
  • Shooters endorse more justifications to shoot
  • Shooters predict a future they cannot control
  • Not unaware of future consequences
  • Complex influence of friends
  • Concluding observations.

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