Methodological and measurement issues in school violence research: Moving beyond the social problem era

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 5-12

  Furlong, Michael J ^a,b   Morrison, Gale M ^a,b   Cornell, Dewey G ^c   Skiba, Russell ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Center for School Based Youth Development   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Methodological; School environment; School safety; School violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744265825     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v03n02_02     Document Type: Article

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