An ecological-transactional understanding of community violence: Theoretical perspectives

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-87

  Overstreet, Stacy ^a   Mazza, James ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0038199530     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/scpq.18.1.66.20874     Document Type: Article

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