Children's Health Services Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America.
Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America; Adolescent Behavioral Health Research Program, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America.
Prev Med. 2020 Oct;139:106199. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106199. Epub 2020 Jul 9.
Adolescent males are disproportionately affected by homicide as both victims and offenders. Indianapolis has seen increases in youth homicides over the past few years; gun carrying increases an individual's risk for involvement in firearm violence. It is unclear how often youth are arrested for gun carrying and gun-related crimes. Examining these patterns may identify an opportunity for intervention. This study is a descriptive epidemiology analysis that examines patterns of gun carrying and gun-related crime arrests among justice involved youth in Marion County (Indianapolis), Indiana. We accessed juvenile court records from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2016 on all individuals arrested for a gun carrying offense (i.e., illegal possession of a firearm or gun; n = 711) and all individuals arrested for a gun-related crime (i.e., homicide, robbery, aggravated assault; n = 150). Data were analyzed in fall 2019. Proportions of juvenile arrests for both gun carrying (47.0 per 1000 arrests) and gun-related crime (25.4 per 1000 arrests) have substantially increased compared to ten-years ago (4.5 per 1000 arrests and 2.0 per 1000 arrests, respectively). Of those arrested, 27.7 per 100,000 population were arrested for a repeated gun-related offense; of which 21.5 per 100,000 were first arrested for gun carrying and 6.2 per 100,000 were arrested for a gun-related crime. The majority of gun-related repeat offenders were first arrested for gun carrying; therefore, these gun-carrying arrests may be an opportunity to intervene on an individual level by providing treatment, other needed resources, and discussing safe firearm storage with families and communities.
青少年男性在凶杀案中无论是作为受害者还是犯罪者都不成比例地受到影响。过去几年，印第安纳波利斯的青年凶杀案有所增加；携带枪支会增加个人卷入枪支暴力的风险。目前尚不清楚有多少青少年因携带枪支和与枪支有关的犯罪而被捕。检查这些模式可能会发现干预的机会。本研究是一项描述性流行病学分析，研究了印第安纳州马里恩县（印第安纳波利斯）参与司法的青少年携带枪支和与枪支有关的犯罪被捕的模式。我们从 2006 年 1 月 1 日至 2016 年 12 月 31 日获取了所有因携带枪支罪（即非法拥有枪支或枪支；n=711）和所有因与枪支有关的犯罪（即凶杀、抢劫、严重攻击；n=150）被捕的青少年法庭记录。数据于 2019 年秋季进行分析。与十年前相比（分别为每 1000 次逮捕 4.5 次和每 1000 次逮捕 2.0 次），青少年因携带枪支（每 1000 次逮捕 47.0 次）和与枪支有关的犯罪（每 1000 次逮捕 25.4 次）被捕的比例大幅上升。在被捕者中，每 10 万人中有 27.7 人因重复与枪支有关的犯罪而被捕；其中每 10 万人中有 21.5 人首次因携带枪支被捕，6.2 人因与枪支有关的犯罪被捕。大多数与枪支有关的惯犯首次因携带枪支被捕；因此，这些携带枪支的逮捕可能是一个机会，可以在个人层面进行干预，为他们提供治疗、其他必要资源，并与家庭和社区讨论安全的枪支储存。
