Youth's Daily Activities and Situational Triggers of Gunshot Assault in Urban Environments.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although previous research has made progress in identifying individuals predicted to face an elevated risk of being shot, it is not clear how that risk varies within individuals based on the contexts they encounter as they navigate daily life. The current study examines how the convergence of individual risk activity and neighborhood disadvantage and disorder triggers the risk of being shot.

Methods

Using a novel geographic information system application, 123 male gunshot assault victims between 10 and 24 years old in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, described their minute-by-minute movements over the course of the day of the gunshot assault. Through latent class analysis, the primary exposure was real-life circumstance where nine theoretically informed risk factors conve

SUBMITTER: Dong B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701826 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature