Evaluating a school-based gang-prevention program: A theoretical perspective

Evaluation Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-203

  Winfree Jr , L Thomas ^a   Esbensen, Finn Aage ^b,d   Osgood, D Wayne ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d National Evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training Program

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EID: 0040444281     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9602000204     Document Type: Review

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