In the line of fire : youths, guns, and violence in urban America

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In the line of fire : youths, guns, and violence in urban America

Joseph F. Sheley and James D. Wright

(Social institutions and social change : an Aldine de Gruyter series of texts and monographs)

A. de Gruyter, c1995

  • : cloth : alk. paper
  • : paper : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-173) and indexes

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Drawing upon their research in the most extensive study to date, the authors here describe the means and methods of gun-related violence among urban youth. Using data collected from juvenile male inmates and male students in inner-city high schools, Sheley and Wright focus on the number, type, and method of acquisition of firearms, as well as the varying reasons given for carrying arms.The book concludes by challenging some stereotypes, and urging a policy aimed at reducing the motivation for gun possession by youth, rather than simply attempting to remove guns from their hands.

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