School violence interventions in the safe schools/healthy students initiative: Evaluation of two early intervention programs

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-74

  Massey, Oliver T ^a   Boroughs, Michael ^a   Armstrong, Kathleen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger management; Safe schools healthy students; School violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548356530     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v06n02_04     Document Type: Article

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