Bullets, Blades, and Being Afraid in Hispanic High Schools: An Exploratory Study of the Presence of Weapons and Fear of Weapon-Associated Victimization among High School Students in a Border Town

Autor/inn/en	Brown, Ben; Benedict, Wm. Reed
Titel	Bullets, Blades, and Being Afraid in Hispanic High Schools: An Exploratory Study of the Presence of Weapons and Fear of Weapon-Associated Victimization among High School Students in a Border Town
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 50 (2004) 3, S.372-394 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128703254916
Schlagwörter	Weapons; Victims of Crime; Fear; High School Students; High Schools; Hispanic American Students; Violence; School Safety; Educational Environment; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Student Organizations; Language Usage; Acculturation; Immigrants; White Students; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weapon; Waffe; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Furcht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Gewalt; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Sprachgebrauch; Akkulturation; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten
Abstract	This article presents data obtained from a survey of high school students in Brownsville, Texas. Almost half of the students reported having seen other students carry knives at school, roughly 1 in 10 reported having seen other students carry guns at school, and more than 1 in 5 reported being fearful of weapon-associated victimization at school. Logistic regression analyses indicate that age, gender, seeing other students carry weapons, and involvement with student clubs/organizations significantly affect fear of weapon-associated victimization. Using language spoken at home as a measure of acculturation, it was also determined that immigrant juveniles are more fearful of weapon-associated victimization than nonimmigrant juveniles. The theoretical and policy implications of the findings are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10