Urban students' perceptions of the school environment's influence on school violence

Children and Schools

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-102

  Johnson, Sarah Lindstrom ^a   Burke, Jessica Griffin ^b   Gielen, Andrea Carlson ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; concept mapping; high school; school environment; violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866694062     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/cds016     Document Type: Article

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