Development, evaluation, and future directions of the virginia student threat assessment guidelines

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-106

  Dewey, Cornell ^a   Allen, Korrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Field testing; Randomized trials; Threat assessment guidelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951480956     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2010.519432     Document Type: Article

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