Firearm violence exposure and serious violent behavior.
To estimate the cause-effect relationship between exposure to firearm violence and subsequent perpetration of serious violence, we applied the analytic method of propensity stratification to longitudinal data on adolescents residing in Chicago, Illinois. Results indicate that exposure to firearm violence approximately doubles the probability that an adolescent will perpetrate serious violence over the subsequent 2 years.
Bingenheimer
Jeffrey B
JB
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, 1420 Washington Heights, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA. bartbing@umich.edu
Brennan
Robert T
RT
Earls
Felton J
FJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D015982:Bias; D002641:Chicago; D003415:Crime; D003710:Demography; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011336:Probability; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013694:Temperament; D014754:Violence