The Columbine victims and the myth of the juvenile superpredator

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-366

  Muschert, Glenn W ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbine; Crime myths; Delinquency; Media framing; School violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748856188     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204006296173     Document Type: Article

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