Students' fear after Columbine: Findings from a randomized experiment

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-387

  Addington, Lynn A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear of victimization; Perceived risk; School violence; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 3542994528     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOQC.0000005440.11892.27     Document Type: Article

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