Perceptions of risk factors for school violence Concordance with FBI Risk Profile

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-166

  Wetterneck, Chad ^a   Sass, Daniel ^a   Davies, W Hobart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fbi; Profile; Risk; School violence; Students; Teachers; Threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248606025     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v04n02_10     Document Type: Article

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