Social work with victims of genocide: The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in Rwanda

International Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-86

  Kreitzer, Linda M ^a   Jou, Mary Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP); Reconciliation; Rwanda; Social work; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549123909     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809348954     Document Type: Article

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