Revisiting the case of Kayla Rolland a decade later: Ecological systems analysis

Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-72

  Hong, Jun Sung ^a   Liao, Minli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Ecological systems analysis; Gun violence; Minorities; Parenting; School shooting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954583159     PISSN: 19361521     EISSN: 1936153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361520903520484     Document Type: Article

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