%0 Journal Article
%T Cultural Links to Adolescent Weapon Carrying and Weapon Use:  A Cross
%A Lacey N. Wallace
%J International Criminal Justice Review
%@ 1556-3855
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1057567717723431
%X Although existing cross-cultural studies of adolescence have focused on topics including fighting, bullying, and gangs, little cross-national research has centered on weapon carrying. However, weapon carrying among youth has been identified as a worldwide concern, with significant variation by nation and region. This variation is not well understood. This article investigates the nation-level cultural and contextual determinants of adolescent weapon carrying, specifically focusing on human development, governmental corruption, and a nation¡¯s orientation toward violence. Data are drawn from 27 countries in the International Self-Report Delinquency Study, Wave Two. Analyses use multilevel logistic and ordered logistic regression models to assess associations with weapon carrying frequency, likelihood of carrying a weapon with friends, and age of weapon carrying onset. Results show that residing in a nation with less corruption is associated with a decrease in weapon carrying frequency, a later age of onset, and a lower likelihood of carrying a weapon with friends. Mixed results were found for interactions with a nation¡¯s orientation toward violence. Possible explanations for these results, practical implications, and directions for future research are discussed
%K cross-national
%K violence
%K weapon carrying
%K adolescence
%K corruption
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1057567717723431