Are We Missing the Forest for the Trees? Considering the Social Context of School Violence

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-44

  Baker, Jean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

School community; School violence; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001819536     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(97)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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