Advances and Challenges in the Prevention of Youth Violence

Violence in Context: Current Evidence on Risk, Protection, and Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jenson, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Effective violence prevention programs; Evidence based strategies; Prevention of violence; Public health; Risk and protective factors; Tested violence prevention; Violence in communities; Violence in families; Violence in schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195369595.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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