The Code of the School: Investigating the Age at Which the "Code" Begins to Influence School Violence Among Students

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Akakpo, Y., Bamfo, H. D., Amazon, B., & Akakpo, E. (2026). The Code of the School: Investigating the Age at Which the "Code" Begins to Influence School Violence Among Students. Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies, 1(5). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21350690

Akakpo, Yoo, Humphrey Danso Bamfo, Brett Amazon, and Etornam Akakpo. "The Code of the School: Investigating the Age at Which the "Code" Begins to Influence School Violence Among Students." Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies, vol. 1, no. 5, 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21350690

Akakpo, Yoo, Humphrey Danso Bamfo, Brett Amazon, and Etornam Akakpo. "The Code of the School: Investigating the Age at Which the "Code" Begins to Influence School Violence Among Students." Journal of Contemporary Academic Research and Methodologies 1, no. 5 (2026). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21350690

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