Shifting Boundaries: An Experimental Evaluation of a Dating Violence Prevention Program in Middle Schools

Prevention Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-76

  Taylor, Bruce G ^a   Stein, Nan D ^b   Mumford, Elizabeth A ^a   Woods, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Middle schools; Teen dating violence; Youth violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872616088     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-012-0293-2     Document Type: Article

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