Students' perceptions of the school climate implications for school safety

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 3-19

  Derosier, Melissa E ^a   Newcity, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Character traits; Elementary; School climate; School safety; Secondary

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011454432     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J202v04n03_02     Document Type: Article

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