Preventing childhood bullying: Findings and lessons from the Denver public schools trial

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 509-517

  Jenson, Jeffrey M ^a   Dieterich, William A ^b   Brisson, Daniel ^a   Bender, Kimberly A ^a   Powell, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b Northpointe Institute for Public Management   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Children; Prevention; Schools; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955225386     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509359186     Document Type: Article

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