Reducing school violence: Strengthening student programs and addressing the role of school organizations

Review of Research in Education

Volumn 26, Issue , 2002, Pages 263-299

  Matthew Gladden, R ^a  

^a Consortium on Chicago Sch Research ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.3102/0091732x026001263     Document Type: Article

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