School violence assessment: A conceptual framework, instruments, and methods

Children and Schools

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-81

  Benbenishty, Rami ^a   Astor, Ron Avi ^b   Estrada, Joey Nuñez ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Department of Social Work and Education ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Empowerment; Instruments; Methods; School violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949204526     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/30.2.71     Document Type: Review

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