Measuring pathways to youth violence and the possible effects of a sports-based development intervention on youth in South Africa

Drawing inspiration from longitudinal-experimental studies of youth violence and intervention in the global North, this study was designed as an ambitious two-site, large-n (n=700), longitudinal (3 waves over 24 months) quasi-experimental panel study to explore pathways to violent behaviour and viol...

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Autor principal: Edelstein, Ian (Autor)
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Publicado: 2011
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