Analysis of the factors influencing multiple uses of crime guns: an exploratory study

A broad body of literature has been built around the topic of gun violence in the United States. The characteristics of communities, victims, and offenders have each been used to explain variation in the likelihood and frequency of gun crime. Less attention has been given to the factors associated with multiple uses of crime guns. The current study applies binary logistic regression to crime logs maintained by the police department of a mid-size city in the Southeastern U.S. to examine how neighborhood and initial incident characteristics influence the likelihood that a crime gun will be used in multiple incidents. Gang involvement and time in circulation are found to be positively related to the odds of a crime gun being used in more than one offense, while street culture exerts an inverse influence. Further, street culture was found to condition the impact of offense severity on repeat use.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Scott, Samantha

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dierenfeldt, Rick
• Rosenberger, Jared; Crittenden, Courtney A.; Drawve, Grant R., 1986-
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Crime
• Gangs
• Firearms and crime--United States

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/744

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1913