Individual and Institutional Predictors of School Disorder

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-368

  Welsh, Wayne N ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

juvenile delinquency; school safety; school violence; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746539798     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204003255843     Document Type: Article

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