Media and control of violence: Communication in school shootings

Control of Violence: Historical and International Perspectives on Violence in Modern Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 345-361

  Muschert, Glenn W ^a   Ragnedda, Massimo ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

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EID: 84878919394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0383-9_14     Document Type: Chapter

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