Communities under fire: Empowering families and children in the aftermath of homicide

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-414

  Wall, Jack C ^a   Levy, Alan J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Community; Homicide; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444447952     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02190746     Document Type: Article

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