Blaming me, blaming you: Assessing service learning and participants' tendency to blame the victim

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Hollis, Shirley A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

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EID: 4344613396     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170490448829     Document Type: Article

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