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Thompson, Brielle Kristen. A neighborhood level analysis of the relationship between youth engagement and gun violence. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-ftwc-8z76

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TitleA neighborhood level analysis of the relationship between youth engagement and gun violence
NameThompson, Brielle Kristen (author); Stansfield, Richard (chair); Semenza, Daniel (internal member); Tosh, Sarah (internal member); Rutgers University; Camden Graduate School
Date Created2021
Other Date2021-05 (degree)
SubjectFatal gun violence, Homicide, Murder, Urban gun violence, Social disorganization, Youth engagement, Youth gun violence, Law enforcement, Criminal Justice, United States
Extent1 online resource (iv, 46 pages)
DescriptionFatal gun violence poses as an unprecedented public health crisis as it ravages through communities across The United States. Several conditions serve as predictors for what this country deems the most heinous of offenses, murder. According to The Gun Violence Archive, at least, 19,223 people lost their lives to gun violence in 2020, predominantly young Black males. Homicide is the leading cause of death among black males ages 18-29. Despite this, the association of neighborhood age composition with violence has not been consistent in existing literature. This thesis will seek to explain and provide an analysis of the impact neighborhood age composition has on predicting Black versus White gun violence in four major cities in the United States, for two time periods of 2005 and 2018. While analyzing different theories related to explaining crime, I predict that the study will find that cities with large populations of minority youth with have higher levels of youth disengagement resulting in higher levels of fatal gun violence.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-ftwc-8z76
LanguageEnglish
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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