The social ecology of the Columbine High School shootings

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 861-868

  Hong, Jun Sung ^a   Cho, Hyunkag ^b   Allen Meares, Paula ^c   Espelage, Dorothy L ^a  

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

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbine shooting; Ecological systems theory; High school; School shooting; Violence; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954627074     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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