Assessment of violence potential among school children: Beyond profiling

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-247

  Burns, Matthew K ^a   Dean, Vincent J ^b   Jacob Timm, Susan ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035324736     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.1014     Document Type: Review

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