Why girls fight: Female youth violence in the inner city

Why Girls Fight: Female Youth Violence in the Inner City

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-183

  Ness, Cindy D ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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