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The Prevention Researcher

Behavioral research for professionals working with adolescents and at-risk youth.

A journal from Integrated Research Services, Inc.

African-American Adolescents' Responses to Perceived Gun Carrying by School Mates

By Sandra L. Martin, Ph.D., Laura S. Sadowski, M.D., M.P.H., Niki U. Cotten-Oldenburg, Dr.P.H., & Donna R. McCarraher, M.P.H.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 6, Number 2, 1999, Pages 1-3


Abstract:
Dr. Sandra Martin of the University of North Carolina and her colleagues discuss African American adolescents' responses to perceived gun carrying by their school mates.

Twenty percent of the students they surveyed reported carrying weapons to school for protection. Over a third were in fear that another student would attack or hurt them in school.

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