Urban African American Youth and Their Caregivers’ Perceptions of School Safety in Chicago: A Social-Ecological Perspective

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 174-189

  Hong, Jun Sung ^a,b   Voisin, Dexter R ^c   Lee, Jungup ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; community; school safety; social ecological perspective; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042641921     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: 15569330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204016680406     Document Type: Article

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