Misbehavior, suspensions, and security measures in high school: Racial/ethnic and gender differences

Journal of Applied Research on Children

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Finn, Jeremy D ^a   Servoss, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

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