Scared Kids, Unattached Kids, or Peer Pressure Why Do Students Carry Firearms to School?

Youth and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-127

  May, David C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

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EID: 0033446857     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X99031001005     Document Type: Article

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