Kacanek Deborah, Hemenway David
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Disease, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
J Urban Health. 2006 Mar;83(2):266-74. doi: 10.1007/s11524-005-9022-5.
This paper examines the relationship between illegal drug economy involvement, gun-related victimization, and recent gun carrying among young men and women incarcerated in a state prison in the United States. Interviews were conducted with 18- to 25-year old incarcerated men (n = 135) and women (n = 69) between July 1999 and October 2000. Forty-five percent of men and 16% of women reported carrying a gun in the year prior to incarceration. Respondents who sold crack cocaine or other drugs were more likely to have carried guns than those not selling drugs. However, hard drug use was not associated with gun carrying among men. All ten women who carried guns had used hard drugs. Sixty-seven percent of men and 28% of women had been shot at. Respondents who sold crack cocaine were at elevated risk of being shot at. Among men, selling crack (OR = 10.2, 95% CI = 2.5, 42.1) and ever being shot at (OR = 4.6, 95% CI = 1.7, 12.2), were associated with carrying guns. These findings provide further evidence of a link between crack selling (but not necessarily drug using) and gun carrying.
本文研究了美国一所州立监狱中被监禁的青年男女参与非法毒品经济、涉枪受害情况以及近期持枪情况之间的关系。在1999年7月至2000年10月期间，对18至25岁被监禁的男性（n = 135）和女性（n = 69）进行了访谈。45%的男性和16%的女性报告在入狱前一年曾携带枪支。贩卖快克可卡因或其他毒品的受访者比未贩卖毒品的受访者更有可能携带枪支。然而，男性中使用硬性毒品与持枪并无关联。所有携带枪支的10名女性都使用过硬性毒品。67%的男性和28%的女性曾遭枪击。贩卖快克可卡因的受访者遭枪击的风险更高。在男性中，贩卖快克（比值比=10.2，95%置信区间=2.5，42.1）和曾遭枪击（比值比=4.6，95%置信区间=1.7，12.2）与携带枪支有关。这些发现进一步证明了贩卖快克（不一定是使用毒品）与携带枪支之间存在联系。
