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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:1134.

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Using the Health Behavior of School-aged Children survey, Nansel et al¹ demonstrated a positive statistically significant relationship between bullying and weapon carrying among students in grades 6 through 10. Assessment of the relationship between bullying and weapon carrying among high school students can be derived from the 1999 School Crime Supplement of the National Crime Victimization Survey.² This survey describes a nationally representative sample of children aged 12 through 18 years who had attended school for a portion of the prior 6 months. One survey question asked the respondents to indicate whether they had been bullied during the prior 6 months. Three questions asked whether they had carried a weapon during the prior 6 months: "Did you ever bring a gun to school? Did you ever bring a knife to school? Did you ever bring some other weapon to school?" Each of the questions provided for a yes or no . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Michael B. Greene, PhD
Youth Consultation Service Center for the Prevention of Violence
60 Evergreen Pl, 10th Floor
East Orange, NJ 07018
(e-mail: mgreene@ycs.org)