Tackling violence in schools: A report from Ireland

Violence in Schools: the Response in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 282-297

  O’Moore, Mona ^a   Minton, Stephen ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 85139285036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203006429-22     Document Type: Chapter

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