Exploring gender differences in dating violence/harassment prevention programming in middle schools: Results from a randomized experiment

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-445

  Taylor, Bruce G ^a   Stein, Nan ^b   Burden, Frances F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Ad Hoc Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Middle schools; Prevention curricula; Randomized experiment; Teen dating violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149495911     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-010-9103-7     Document Type: Article

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