"If they could make us disappear, they would!" youth and violence in Cité Soleil, Haiti

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-531

  Willman, Alys ^a   Marcelin, Louis Herns ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 77955642271     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20377     Document Type: Article

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