Focus groups and the study of violence

Qualitative Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-89

  Pösö, Tarja ^a   Honkatukia, Päivi ^b   Nyqvist, Leo ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Violence; Youth residential care; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549095623     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794107085297     Document Type: Article

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