School-based humane education as a strategy to prevent violence: Review and recommendations

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-370

  Faver, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal abuse; Animal welfare; Child maltreatment; Empathy; Humane education; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949092601     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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