Click, click, boom: a multi-level analysis of repeat firearm offending in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Criminologists have long noted the exacerbated rates of firearm-related offending in the United States in comparison to other developed nations. There has been a renewed focus on gun crime in the wake of a recent dramatic reversal of the long-trending decrease in firearm-related violence. Explorations of the factors that contribute to firearm offending are often restricted to large metro areas like Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia—which may have limited generalizability to more common small and medium sized cities in the United States. This study attempts to address this concern through examination of the factors that contribute to firearm re-offending among arrestees in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Specifically, multi-level analysis is used to explore the relative influence of neighborhood conditions, arrestee demographics, gang involvement, and offense characteristics on the odds of repeat firearm offending among a sample of individuals arrested for gun crimes committed between 1/1/21 and 4/30/23 (n = 937).

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Whittenburg, Katlyn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dierenfeldt, Rick
• Basham, Sherah; Hancock, Katelyn; Iles, Gale
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Firearms--Law and legislation--Tennessee--Chattanooga
• Firearms and crime--Tennessee--Chattanooga
• Juvenile recidivists
• Recidivism--Tennesee--Chattanooga--Statistics

Licence

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

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/863

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-2039