Severe Sanctions, Easy Choice? Investigating The Role Of School Sanctions In Preventing Adolescent Violent Offending

Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 495-524

  Maimon, David ^a   Antonaccio, Olena ^b   French, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; School sanctions; Thoughtfully reflective decision making (TRDM); Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859317112     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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