Students and Perceived School Safety: The Impact of School Security Measures

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 570-588

  Perumean Chaney, Suzanne E ^a   Sutton, Lindsay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

AddHealth; School safety; School security measures; Student perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887401240     PISSN: 10662316     EISSN: 19361351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12103-012-9182-2     Document Type: Article

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