For a complete text of this research brief, visit the Child Trends web site . Firearm Storage Patterns in US Homes With Children, Mark A. Schuster, Todd M. Franke, Amy M. Bastian, Sinaroth Sor, and Neal Halfon, Vol. This study determined the prevalence and storage patterns of firearms in US homes with children. We analyzed data from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey and Year 2000 objectives supplement. A multistage sample design was used to represent the civilian non-institutionalized US population.
Many children live in homes with firearms that are stored in an accessible manner.
Efforts to prevent children's access to firearms are needed. For the full text of this article, visit the Rand Corporation web site . Early Predictors of Adolescent Violence, Phyllis L. Ellickson, and Kimberly A. McGuigan, Vol. Deviant behavior in grade 7, poor grades, and weak bonds with middle school predicted violent behavior 5 years later. Attending a middle school with comparatively high levels of cigarette and marijuana use was also linked with subsequent violence.