Rethinking the Bystander Role in School Violence Prevention

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-124

  Stueve, Ann ^a   Dash, Kimberly ^b   O'donnell, Lydia ^b   Tehranifar, Parisa ^b   Wilson Simmons, Renée ^a   Slaby, Ronald G ^b   Link, Bruce G ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bystander; school safety; school shootings; school violence; violence prevention; youth violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33645093743     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839905278454     Document Type: Article

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