Elementary and middle school students' perceptions of violence-prone school subcontexts

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 511-528

  Astor, Ron Avi ^a   Meyer, Heather Ann ^b   Pitner, Ronald O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Michigan ^*

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EID: 0000328002     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499685     Document Type: Article

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