Bullies and victims at school: Perspectives and strategies for primary prevention

School Violence and Primary Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 295-322

  Berger, Christian ^a   Karimpour, Ramin ^a   Rodkin, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77119-9_15     Document Type: Chapter

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