Beyond guns, drugs and gangs: The structure of student perceptions of school safety

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 149-171

  Skiba, Russell ^a   Simmons, Ada B ^a   Peterson, Reece ^b   McKelvey, Janet ^a   Forde, Susan ^a   Gallini, Sarah ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodological; School climate; School safety; School violence; Survey; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544292109     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v03n02_09     Document Type: Article

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