The conceptualization of violence-prone school subcontexts: Is the sum of the parts greater than the whole?

Urban Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 374-399

  Astor, Ron Avi ^a   Meyer, Heather Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Michigan ^*

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EID: 0035343944     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085901363004     Document Type: Article

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