The “reality” of middle-school crime objective vs. Subjective experiences among a sample of Kentucky youth

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 3-28

  Wilcox, Pamela ^a   Augustine, Michelle Campbell ^b   Roberts, Staci D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Race; Risk; School crime; Socio demographic; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247661905     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v04n02_02     Document Type: Article

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