Developmental issues in the prevention of aggression and violence in school

School Violence and Primary Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 277-294

  Boxer, Paul ^a   Terranova, Andrew ^a   Savoy, Sarah ^a   Goldstein, Sara E ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77119-9_14     Document Type: Chapter

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