Perceptions of School Violence as a Problem and Reports of Violent Events: A National Survey of School Social Workers

Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-68

  Astor, Ron Avi ^a   Behre, William J ^a   Fravil, Kimberly A ^a   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

School social work; Schools; Violence; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030636771     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/42.1.55     Document Type: Article

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