Systemic school discipline: Issues of equity from a social justice perspective

School Psychology and Social Justice: Conceptual Foundations and Tools for Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 91-117

  Noltemeyer, Amity ^a   Fenning, Pamela ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203121245-6     Document Type: Chapter

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