Bullying behaviors in female and male adolescent offenders: Prevalence, types, and association with psychosocial adjustment

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 521-536

  Viljoen, Jodi L ^a,b   O'Neill, Melanie L ^a,c   Sidhu, Avneet ^a  

^a McCreary Centre Society   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Bullying; Gender differences; Prisons; Young offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544452780     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20036     Document Type: Article

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