Weapon-carrying and the Reduction of Violent Harm

摘要: Criminology has much to offer activities reduce the harm of violent incidents –– particularly by reducing weapon-carrying and use – but discipline’s engagement with reduction agenda been limited. In addressing this, paper identifies risk factors for carrying a weapon young person in England Wales. It demonstrates that this decision is influenced individual-, interpersonal- community-level carriers can be distinguished from other respondents using relatively few characteristics. The study also shows defensive factors, such as victimisation concerns about personal safety are relevant understanding weapon-carrying, they outweighed criminogenic violence, neighbourhood disorder and, importantly, lack trust police.