Student Reports of Peer Threats of Violence: Prevalence and Outcomes

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-375

  Nekvasil, Erin K ^a   Cornell, Dewey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

peer aggression; student threats; threat assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866176966     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2012.706764     Document Type: Article

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