Preventing violence in context: The importance of culture for implementing systemic change

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-26

  Chan, Wing Yi ^a   Hollingsworth, Mary Ann ^b   Espelage, Dorothy L ^c   Mitchell, Kimberly J ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural system; Ecological model; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954170147     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/vio0000021     Document Type: Review

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