Moral reasoning about school violence: Informational assumptions about harm within school subcontexts

Educational Psychologist

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 207-221

  Astor, Ron A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0032352408     PISSN: 00461520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326985ep3304_5     Document Type: Article

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