Firearm carriage is a key risk factor for interpersonal firearm violence, a leading cause of
adolescent (age< 18) mortality. However, the epidemiology of adolescent firearm carriage …

Males are routinely identified as both the victims and perpetrators of knife-related crime.
Explanations have typically fallen into two categories: fear of further victimization (ie, need …

Rader has called for a change in how researchers study fear of crime, suggesting that fear of
crime, perceptions of risk, and experiences with victimization are interrelated dimensions of …

Although secondary school violence has actually decreased, public concern over student
safety is still prevalent. One response to publicized school violence has been the …

Rader has called for a reconceptualization in the study of fear of crime, arguing that fear is
one of several dimensions of the “threat of victimization,” with fear of crime, perceptions of …

Bullying victimization is part of the adolescent experience in most societies, yet little is
known about its consequences. In this article we utilize a multisite, longitudinal data set to …

The threat of victimization has been regarded as a central feature in both the development
and the continuation of youth gangs. Although many studies find the need for protection to …

School crime is a vital concern, not only for students and faculty, but for administrators, policy
makers, criminal justice personnel, and concerned citizens. Efforts to reduce crime and …

Fear of crime has been a serious social problem studied for almost 40 years. Early
researchers focused on operationalization and conceptualization of fear of crime …

The current research tests the vulnerability, disorder, and social integration models to
determine their relative predictive capacity across separate female and male citizen samples …