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Firearm assaults are an important source of injury among young people in the United States. In 1997, persons aged 13 to 19 comprised 9.75% of the population, but they accounted for 14% of the nation’s 10,369 firearm homicide victims (U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1997). National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) estimates for 1992–1993 show that those aged 15 to19 accounted for 22% of the 57,500 hospital emergency department visits for assaultive gunshot wounds, although they account for only 7.2% of the population (Zawitz, 1996).
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Lizotte, A.J., Bonsell, T.L., McDowall, D., Krohn, M.D., Thornberry, T.P. (2002). Carrying Guns and Involvement in Crime. In: Silverman, R.A., Thornberry, T.P., Cohen, B., Krisberg, B. (eds) Crime and Justice at the Millennium. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4883-3_10
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