Controlling crime and delinquency in the schools: An exploratory study of student perceptions of school security measures

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 105-125

  Brown, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Delinquency; Detectors; Gender differences; High school; School security; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746562294     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v04n04_07     Document Type: Article

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