Evaluation of a School-Based, Universal Violence Prevention Program: Low-, Medium-, and High-Risk Children

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-206

  Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^a   Belliston, Lara M ^a   Flannery, Daniel J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; ethnicity; social competence; violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247653236     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204003262224     Document Type: Article

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