What works (and what does not) in youth violence prevention: Rethinking the questions and finding new answers

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2006, Issue 110, 2006, Pages 59-71

  Guerra, Nancy G ^a   Boxer, Paul ^b   Cook, Clayton R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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EID: 43249155563     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.187     Document Type: Article

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