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30 - School Violence

from Part IV - Contextual Factors for Violence and Aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2018

Alexander T. Vazsonyi
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University of Kentucky
Daniel J. Flannery
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Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
Matt DeLisi
Affiliation:
Iowa State University
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