School Violence in Israel: Findings of a National Survey

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 471-483

  Zeira, Anat ^a   Astor, Ron Avi ^b   Benbenishty, Rami ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Israel; School victimization; School violence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARABS; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; SCHOOLS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0642279565     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.4.471     Document Type: Review

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