School violence: Associations with control, security/enforcement, educational/therapeutic approaches, and demographic factors

School Psychology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-243

  Nickerson, Amanda B ^a   Martens, Matthew P ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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