Including all staff in an alternative school's effort to reduce violence

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 39-57

  Waterman, Stephanie J ^a   Burstyn, Joan N ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Democratic non hierarchical behavior; Non teaching staff; School violence prevention; Whole school

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749141421     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v07n02_04     Document Type: Article

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