School violence and its prevention in Israel

International Education Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 188-205

  Soen, Dan ^a,b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Kibbutzim School of Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety and fear; Bullying; Harassment; Intervention and prevention programs in schools; Juvenile delinquency; School violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544373049     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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