School shootings as organizational deviance

Sociology of Education

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-97

  Fox, Cybelle ^a,b   Harding, David J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14944368952     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003804070507800104     Document Type: Review

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