Webster D W, Gainer P S, Champion H R
Injury Prevention Center, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 21215.
Am J Public Health. 1993 Nov;83(11):1604-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.83.11.1604.
The purpose of this study was to estimate associations between beliefs and experiences hypothesized to be related to weapon carrying among youths.
Students in two inner-city junior high schools completed anonymous questionnaires. Logistic regression models were fit for having ever carried a weapon for protection or use in a fight and were stratified by sex and weapon type.
Among males, 47% had carried knives and 25% had carried guns. Key risk factors for knife carrying were being threatened with a knife, getting into fights, and disbelief that having a weapon increases the carrier's risk of injury. Gun carrying was associated with having been arrested, knowing more victims of violence, starting fights, and being willing to justify shooting someone. Among females, 37% had carried a knife; knowing many victims of violence and being willing to justify shooting someone predicted knife carrying.
Knife carrying was associated with aggressiveness but did not appear to be related to serious delinquency. Gun carrying within this nonrandom sample appeared to be a component of highly aggressive delinquency rather than a purely defensive behavior.
本研究旨在评估青少年中与携带武器相关的信念和经历之间的关联。
两所市中心初中的学生完成了匿名问卷调查。针对曾为保护自己或在打架时携带武器的情况建立了逻辑回归模型，并按性别和武器类型进行分层。
在男性中，47%曾携带刀具，25%曾携带枪支。携带刀具的关键风险因素包括受到刀具威胁、打架以及不相信携带武器会增加携带者受伤的风险。携带枪支与曾被逮捕、认识更多暴力受害者、挑起打架以及愿意为枪击他人辩解有关。在女性中，37%曾携带刀具；认识许多暴力受害者以及愿意为枪击他人辩解可预测携带刀具的行为。
携带刀具与攻击性有关，但似乎与严重犯罪无关。在这个非随机样本中，携带枪支似乎是高度攻击性犯罪的一个组成部分，而不是一种纯粹的防御行为。
