Using office referral records in school violence research: Possibilities and limitations

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 39-61

  Morrison, Gale M ^a   Peterson, Reece ^b   O’farrell, Stacy ^a   Redding, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Expulsion data; Office referrals; School discipline; School misbehavior; School violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877824853     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v03n02_04     Document Type: Article

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