Fear of school violence and the ameliorative effects of student social capital

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-25

  Sacco, Vincent F ^a   Nakhaie, M Reza ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Safety; School violence; Self control; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250835145     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v06n01_02     Document Type: Article

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