Restorative group conferencing at school: A constructive response to serious incidents

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 5-17

  Burssens, Dieter ^a   Vettenburg, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Counselling; Restorative measures; Victimisation; Violence at school

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746514366     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v05n02_02     Document Type: Article

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