MaverickNH
NES Member
" Respondents were recruited in public spaces directly outside of seven parole/probation centers across Baltimore City...Among our sample of adult men (n = 195) on parole/probation in Baltimore, 80% were African American, 74% were unemployed, and 63% had been shot at one or more times...
Our study also highlights the important interplay between drugs and guns in Baltimore. Among the survey respondents who had ever sold or traded a gun, nearly half had accepted drugs as payment. Additionally, nearly half had been offered a gun as payment for drugs and nearly all accepted... Prior research has found that illegal transactions, including those that occur in the underground market, play a large role in arming high-risk individuals .
While a quarter of respondents had access to a gun in the prior 6 months, it is important to note that over 50% of individuals who did not have a gun but attempted to get one were unsuccessful in their most recent attempt. The inability to acquire a gun was often due to a lack of either a source or resources to pay for one. Additionally, it was common for those with firearm access to have their gun confiscated by police or to discard a gun in their possession when they were about to be arrested."
Funding for data collection come from Everytown for Gun Safety and the Norman Raab Foundation.
Our study also highlights the important interplay between drugs and guns in Baltimore. Among the survey respondents who had ever sold or traded a gun, nearly half had accepted drugs as payment. Additionally, nearly half had been offered a gun as payment for drugs and nearly all accepted... Prior research has found that illegal transactions, including those that occur in the underground market, play a large role in arming high-risk individuals .
While a quarter of respondents had access to a gun in the prior 6 months, it is important to note that over 50% of individuals who did not have a gun but attempted to get one were unsuccessful in their most recent attempt. The inability to acquire a gun was often due to a lack of either a source or resources to pay for one. Additionally, it was common for those with firearm access to have their gun confiscated by police or to discard a gun in their possession when they were about to be arrested."
Funding for data collection come from Everytown for Gun Safety and the Norman Raab Foundation.
