| Record Number |
111 |
| Record Type |
Journal Article |
| Authors |
Kacanek, D., Hemenway, D. |
| Title |
Gun carrying and drug selling among young incarcerated men and women |
| Secondary Title |
Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine |
| Pages |
266-274 |
| Volume |
83 |
| Number |
2 |
| Year |
2006 |
| Accesion Number |
WOS:000237316300014 |
| Abstract |
This paper examines the relationship between illegal drug economy involvement, gun-related victimization, and recent gun carrying among young men and women incarcerated in a state prison in the United States. Interviews were conducted with 18- to 25-year old incarcerated men (n=135) and women (n=69) between July 1999 and October 2000. Forty-five percent of men and 16% of women reported carrying a gun in the year prior to incarceration. Respondents who sold crack cocaine or other drugs were more likely to have carried guns than those not selling drugs. However, bard drug use was not associated with gun carrying among men. All ten women who carried guns bad used bard drugs. Sixty-seven percent of men and 28% of women had been shot at. Respondents who sold crack cocaine were at elevated risk of being shot at. Among men, selling crack (OR=.10.2, 95% CI=2.5, 42.1) and ever being shot at (OR=4.6, 95% CI=1.7, 12.2), were associated with carrying guns. These findings provide further evidence of a link between crack selling (but not necessarily drug using) and gun carrying. |
| Keywords |
Cause of death, Epidemiological study, Follow-up study, Mortality, Prisoners, Prospective study, Risk factors |