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Notes

1. L.A. Fingerhut, Firearm Mortality Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults 1­34 Years of Age, Trends and Current Status: United States, 1985­1990, Advance data from Vital and Health Statistics, No. 231, Washington, DC: National Center for Health Statistics, 1993.

2. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States 1996, Uniform Crime Reports, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997.

3. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1997.

4. Fingerhut, 1993.

5. H. Snyder and M. Sickmund, Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1995.

6. P.J. Cook and J. Ludwig, Guns in America: Results of a Comprehensive National Survey on Firearms Ownership and Use, Summary Report, Washington, DC: Police Foundation, 1997.

7. Cook and Ludwig, 1997.

8. Cook and Ludwig, 1997.

9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Risk Behavior Study, 1997.

10. J.F. Sheley and J.D. Wright, Gun Acquisition and Possession in Selected Juvenile Samples, Research in Brief, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1993.

11. Sheley and Wright, 1993.

12. S.H. Decker, S. Pennel, and A. Caldwell, Illegal Firearms: Access and Use by Arrestees, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1997.

13. M. Zawitz, Guns Used in Crime, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1995.

14. Zawitz, 1995.

15. J.D. Wright and P. Rossi, Armed and Considered Dangerous, Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, Inc., 1986.

16. Decker, Pennel, and Caldwell, 1997.

17. E. Donohue, V. Schiraldi, and J. Ziedenberg, School House Hype: School Shootings and the Real Risks Kids Face in America, Policy Report, San Francisco, CA: Justice Policy Institute, National School Safety Center, 1998.

18. P. Kaufman, K. Chandler, and M. Rand, Indicators of School Crime and Safety, Washington, DC: National Association for Education Statistics and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1998.

19. Institute for Social Research, Monitoring the Future, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1997.

20. School Crime Supplement, National Crime Victimization Survey, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1995.

21. Decker, Pennel, and Caldwell, 1997.

22. W.B. Miller, Crime by Youth Gangs and Groups in the United States, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1992 (Revised from 1982).

23. J.P. Moore and C.P. Terrett, Highlights of the 1996 National Youth Gang Survey, Fact Sheet, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1996.

24. B. Bjerregaard and A.J. Lizotte, "Gun ownership and gang membership," Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 86:37­58, 1995.

25. A. Morales, "A clinical model for the prevention of gang violence and homicide," in Substance Abuse and Gang Violence, edited by R.C. Cervantes, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1992, pp. 105­118.

26. S.H. Decker and B. Van Winkle, Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

27. J.C. Howell and S.H. Decker, The Gangs, Drugs, and Violence Connection, Bulletin, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in press.

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