The reliability and validity of resident, staff and peer reports of bullying in young offender institutions

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-300

  Connell, Anne ^a   Farrington, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullying; Peer reports; Reliability and validity; Self reports; Staff reports; Young offender institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031527221     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683169708410824     Document Type: Article

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