These deadly times: Reconceptualizing school violence by using critical race theory and disability studies

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-299

  Watts, Ivan Eugene ^a   Erevelles, Nirmala ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical race theory; Disability studies; Internal colonization theory; School violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544298707     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312041002271     Document Type: Review

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