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Illegal guns in the wrong hands : patterns of gun acquisition and use among serious juvenile delinquents / David C. May, G. Roger Jarjoura.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	May, David C., 1966-
Other Authors:	Jarjoura, G. Roger
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2006.
Subjects:	Juvenile delinquents > United States. Firearms and crime > United States. Firearms and crime. Juvenile delinquents. United States.

Table of Contents:

Gun violence among young people: what do we know?
Methodology
Where do juveniles obtain their guns?
What guns do juveniles prefer?
Why do juvenile gun criminals choose the guns they use?
Gun possession: protection or aggression
Theoretical predictors of protective gun carrying, violent activity, and gun use in crime
Gun violence among young people: What have we learned? What can we do?