Students’ Feelings of Safety, Exposure to Violence and Victimization, and Authoritative School Climate

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 6-25

  Fisher, Benjamin W ^a   Viano, Samantha ^b   Chris Curran, F ^c   Alvin Pearman, F ^d   Gardella, Joseph H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritative school climate; Fear at school; Feelings of safety; School climate; Victimization; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027047626     PISSN: 10662316     EISSN: 19361351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12103-017-9406-6     Document Type: Article

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