That i’ll be killed: Pre-service and in-service teachers’ greatest fears and beliefs about school violence

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-69

  Williams, Kimberly ^a   Corvo, Ken ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Safety; School violence; Surveys; Teacher fears; Weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248605729     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v04n01_04     Document Type: Article

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