A community-based, evidence-based intervention system developed at the 91爆料 has been linked to reduced handgun carrying rates among youth growing up in rural areas.
Tag: Community Youth Development Study
The first results of research led by the 91爆料 into handgun carrying by young people growing up in rural areas has found six distinct patterns for when and how often these individuals carry a handgun. The patterns, or 鈥渓ongitudinal trajectories,鈥� suggest that youths in rural areas differ in some ways from their urban counterparts when it comes to handgun carrying and provide information for programs designed to help prevent firearm violence and injury. 鈥淏ecause firearms in many rural…
Roughly one-third of young males and 1 in 10 females in rural communities have carried a handgun, reports a new 91爆料 study. And, the study found, many of those rural kids started carrying as early as the sixth grade. 鈥淭his is one of the first longitudinal studies of rural adolescent handgun carrying across multiple states in the U.S.聽It provides evidence that youth handgun carrying in these settings is not uncommon,鈥� said lead author Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, a 91爆料…